Yesterday BC announced PCT as its official abbreviation for BC's Pacific Time: https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2024-2028/2026CITZ0009-001073.htm
I work for a company, based in BC, that schedules appointments globally. We show time zone abbreviations in our app. We're currently concerned about the potential confusion of BC users seeing "MST" on times shown to them starting Nov 1. Specifically we're worried that a BC user will see MST and think "MST? M is mountain time. That's Alberta. Alberta is an hour ahead, so this time off by an hour" and miss an appointment. Showing PCT instead of MST could help us mitigate this issue until we can update our systems to handle this better (possibly by omitting abbreviations and showing the timezone identifier instead). That said, I am aware of the recent decision on the non-inclusion of ABT for Alberta: https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/EOSYV7EGLBDW7YPKO5NNLQZ2MT7643BL/ My questions: 1. Will IANA update the abbreviation for relevant timezones (such as America/Vancouver) from MST to PCT by Nov 1? 2. If not, can you provide guidance on when we could expect such an update, if ever? Thanks for your time.
