Good Morning, Confirming that the proclamation of Bill 2 – The Official Time Amendment Act, 2023 has taken effect. Manitoba’s time will no longer change seasonally. This permanent time is known as Manitoba Standard Time, which is UTC-0500.
All locations in Manitoba will not change clocks back to UTC-0600 on Nov. 1, 2026. Thanks, Kevin Kevin McPike Assistant Deputy Minister Municipal and Northern Support Services Division Department of Municipal and Northern Relations 204-794-4023 Treaty 1 Territory, the original lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Ojibwe-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Red River Métis From: Alves, Alessandro <[email protected]> Sent: September 25, 2026 1:55 PM To: Tim Parenti <[email protected]>; Mostafa, Ahmed <[email protected]>; McPike, Kevin <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; Lenk, Bradley <[email protected]>; Tokariwski, Dean <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [tz] Request to Update IANA Time Zone Database for Manitoba Permanent Daylight Saving Time +@McPike, Kevin<mailto:[email protected]> Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Tim Parenti <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, 25 September 2026 13:43:51 To: Mostafa, Ahmed <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Lenk, Bradley <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Tokariwski, Dean <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Alves, Alessandro <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [tz] Request to Update IANA Time Zone Database for Manitoba Permanent Daylight Saving Time On Fri, 25 Sept 2026 at 14: 17, Mostafa, Ahmed via tz <tz@ iana. org> wrote: I am writing on behalf of the Government of Manitoba to advise you of a recently announced change to Manitoba's time observance and to request that the change On Fri, 25 Sept 2026 at 14:17, Mostafa, Ahmed via tz <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I am writing on behalf of the Government of Manitoba to advise you of a recently announced change to Manitoba's time observance and to request that the change be reflected in the IANA Time Zone Database. Thanks for writing in. We've been discussing this since last week's announcement and have prepared a patch for the development repository: https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/BDJE2JVAMXGLWND76D5XSKEMRGMCAZ4B/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/BDJE2JVAMXGLWND76D5XSKEMRGMCAZ4B/__;!!IqQd2s6KUyvHwNLtrw!uvkaxN--K9husBMsBNoRlVgwaez_-ucuf6OqMa5nozJWXnKo7fWun6m9MR80tRgKyrXEwT0edlEVCOE3H0MHH34$> https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/cd706278466a3ad431f0ad3934b5e771d72977ac<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/cd706278466a3ad431f0ad3934b5e771d72977ac__;!!IqQd2s6KUyvHwNLtrw!uvkaxN--K9husBMsBNoRlVgwaez_-ucuf6OqMa5nozJWXnKo7fWun6m9MR80tRgKyrXEwT0edlEVCOE3BWnS5Ng$> We would appreciate your help to facilitate inclusion of this change in the IANA Time Zone Database. Please let me know if any additional information is needed. I had reached out privately to Manitoba Government Inquiry on Friday 18 September to obtain more information on the specific implementation mechanism which was not included in the policy announcement, such as when the proclamation bringing The Official Time Amendment Act into force is expected to be made and whether it is expected to be accompanied by Regulations under the authority of the new statute. I have not yet received a response, but these sorts of details would be most helpful in allowing us to confidently finalize these changes for release. -- Tim Parenti
