AC Bill
Well-known member
Not sure if the hoo-haw that has been going on out on BC the last week has reached Eastern Canada's ears yet? It's really more of a regional concern.
BC's Premier announced that as of March 8th, clocks will remain at Pacific Daylight Savings Time (DST) year round. Apparently this Sunday it will be the last clock time change ever in BC, or will it......?
It's certainly caused quite un uproar.
Many residents are complaining that the Northern regions of the Province in winter months, will still be in darkness till as late as 9.30am. and children will be walking to school in the dark. They want the clocks permanently set on Pacific Standard Time (PST). This upset other's because with PST it would dark earlier in the evenings, meaning commuting home from work in the dark in winter. Both are fair complaints.
Currently some Eastern regions of the Province have always been on Mountain Standard Time (MST), which is already an hour ahead of PST. so they you would think, won't have to change their clocks at all. But, there also are some areas in the South Eastern part of BC, that have always switched to Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) on the same date all the Western regions switched to DST. To further confuse things, some North Eastern regions of BC remain on MST all year long and no time change takes place. Except for some bizarre reason one small community known as Fort Ware, an Indian reserve which has been on PST in January and February, then switches to PDT from March thru October, and then to MST for November and December..WTF?
Other issues with this plan is how it will affect business and travel, when all of British Columbia's Canadian neighbor's have different time zones. Alberta and the Northwest Territories use Mountain Standard Time (MST), and then they both switch to Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), during Daylight Saving Time. The Yukon is on (MST) all year long. South of us Washington State is on PST, and will still switch to DST March 8th and the other state that boarders BC, Idaho, also uses PST, and DST in it's Northern half. (Idaho's southern half of the state is on MST and switches to MDT in March)
So if all this doesn't all create some PTSD for many, I would be very surprised.
BC's Premier announced that as of March 8th, clocks will remain at Pacific Daylight Savings Time (DST) year round. Apparently this Sunday it will be the last clock time change ever in BC, or will it......?
It's certainly caused quite un uproar.
Many residents are complaining that the Northern regions of the Province in winter months, will still be in darkness till as late as 9.30am. and children will be walking to school in the dark. They want the clocks permanently set on Pacific Standard Time (PST). This upset other's because with PST it would dark earlier in the evenings, meaning commuting home from work in the dark in winter. Both are fair complaints.
Currently some Eastern regions of the Province have always been on Mountain Standard Time (MST), which is already an hour ahead of PST. so they you would think, won't have to change their clocks at all. But, there also are some areas in the South Eastern part of BC, that have always switched to Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) on the same date all the Western regions switched to DST. To further confuse things, some North Eastern regions of BC remain on MST all year long and no time change takes place. Except for some bizarre reason one small community known as Fort Ware, an Indian reserve which has been on PST in January and February, then switches to PDT from March thru October, and then to MST for November and December..WTF?
Other issues with this plan is how it will affect business and travel, when all of British Columbia's Canadian neighbor's have different time zones. Alberta and the Northwest Territories use Mountain Standard Time (MST), and then they both switch to Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), during Daylight Saving Time. The Yukon is on (MST) all year long. South of us Washington State is on PST, and will still switch to DST March 8th and the other state that boarders BC, Idaho, also uses PST, and DST in it's Northern half. (Idaho's southern half of the state is on MST and switches to MDT in March)
So if all this doesn't all create some PTSD for many, I would be very surprised.
