British Columbians will have one less thing to remember this weekend as most of the province moves through the traditional autumn time change without turning the clocks back.
For the first time, residents across Vancouver Island and most of British Columbia will remain on the same time throughout the year following the province’s adoption of permanent daylight time.
B.C. moved its clocks forward for the final time in March. When clocks would normally fall back by one hour early Sunday morning, no adjustment will be required.
The province’s new year-round Pacific time remains seven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time, or U-T-C minus seven. The change will provide an additional hour of daylight during the late afternoon and evening throughout the winter, although sunrise will occur later in the morning.
Most internet-connected phones, computers and other electronic devices are expected to display the correct time automatically. However, residents may want to check their device settings in case they are still programmed to fall back.
Manually operated clocks in vehicles, appliances and other household devices may also require attention—not to change the time, but to make sure they remain where they are.
Some areas of British Columbia will continue observing seasonal time changes.
Communities in the East Kootenay and Golden areas—including Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, Invermere and Golden—will continue changing their clocks to remain aligned with Alberta.
Communities in northeastern B.C., including Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, already observe the same time throughout the year and will continue doing so.
For most British Columbians, however, the twice-yearly ritual of resetting clocks has officially ended.
That also means there will be no additional hour of sleep this weekend.
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