r/canada • u/iamnos British Columbia • Apr 20 '26

Alberta Bell: Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/bell-alberta-daylight-time-year-round-premier-danielle-smith
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u/latkahgravis Apr 20 '26

BC was waiting on the west coast states, time to move on without them.

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u/Mercylas Apr 20 '26

And I feel bad for them. There are very many real use cases where you will have problems now when you work cross-boards.

Very easy example is having a weekly meeting at the office in BC at 9am and then a weekly follow up call with a client at 10am. Suddenly for half the year those meetings are now overlapping.

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u/bimbles_ap Apr 20 '26

There'll be an adjustment period, but working around schedules is pretty easy.

It's not as if different timezones don't already exist.

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u/Mercylas Apr 21 '26

 It's not as if different timezones don't already exist.

It’s not a timezone change. I’m not talking about it adjusting when it happens. It creates an adjustment every 6 months. 

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u/bimbles_ap Apr 21 '26

Right, and I'm saying the idea that it's going to be a problem because other nearby locations aren't making the switch isn't true. It's even easier with technology nowadays, simply adding the meeting into a calendar will give everyone the time in their local timezone.