On 2026-05-11 14:32, James Bellaire via tz wrote:
Bill 31 passed Third Reading on Thursday 7 May 2026.
Thanks to everybody for the heads-up about Alberta. This affects America/Edmonton and, as NWT says it will follow suit, America/Inuvik. The practical effect starts 2026-11-01 at 02:00 when Alberta and NWT will not fall back. Attached is a draft patch to reflect these impending changes. I haven't installed this into the development repository as the legal Is and Ts have not all been dotted and crossed yet. The draft patch currently has "actual date unknown" comments for when the changes take legal effect, and it'd be nice to have these dates nailed down. This draft patch does not affect America/Cambridge_Bay which, as Heitor David Pinto mentioned, may well make a similar change so that the Kitikmeot Region is not an -07/-06 area east of the newly -06 area. It also does not create a new zone America/Cranbrook which, as Chris Walton mentioned, will be needed if the Regional District of East Kootenay decides to align with Vancouver instead of with Edmonton. Nor does it create a new zone America/Kuujjuak despite Samuel Wat's CBC article last November saying Nunavik also plans to no longer change its clocks. We haven't seen official announcements for these areas yet.