British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time

Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by bryanlarsen on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:54PM (#47224703)

P.S.

Switching to daylight time makes more sense in Eastern BC than it does in Western BC. But Eastern BC is relatively unpopulated. The population of Penticton is 40,000 vs 3,000,000 in metro Vancouver. Second largest metro (Victoria) is west of Vancouver.

Penticton experiences sunrise/sunset about 25 minutes before Vancouver, so their kids experience approximately equal amounts of sun before & after school on the winter solstice.

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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by criddell on Monday March 02, 2026 @07:53PM (#47226466)

Some places already don’t do spring and fall time changes. Creston BC is one and I imagine there are others.

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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by sefrost on Monday March 02, 2026 @05:13PM (#47224933)

I know exactly what you mean with your comment, but interesting fact, Vancouver is in the East of BC! BC is huge in both directions.

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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by bryanlarsen on Monday March 02, 2026 @06:14PM (#47225635)

Even more so when you consider that most of metro Vancouver lives east of Vancouver city.

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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by __turbobrew__ on Monday March 02, 2026 @11:40PM (#47228134)

Penticton is also in a valley so in reality the sun goes behind the mountains in the west around 3:30PM.

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