On 2026-09-20 19:18, John Nemeth via tz wrote:
On September 17th, the British Columbia government announced
that BC's new single timezone (no DST) would be called "PCT". See:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/celebrating-british-columbia/daylight-saving-time
Yes, PPT was already Parts Per Trillion, as in sports drug testing; or MS
PowerPoinT; and is heavily overloaded:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPT
PCT is common for PerCenT(age); Pacific means something else to those not in it
in Canada, or everyone in the USA, and elsewhere; and is already heavily overused:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCT
What is their problem with simple unambiguous BC Time; ditto AB Time aka CST as
in SK all year; MB Time; until the situation settles further east?
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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