On Tue, 12 May 2026 at 14:36, James Bellaire via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
Now awaiting royal consent.
As was expected, Royal Assent for this and several other bills was announced this morning (Thursday 14 May) during the Assembly's final sitting before its recess. https://www.assembly.ab.ca/assembly-business/bills/bill?billinfoid=12128&fro... https://docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files/docs/houserecords/vp/legislature_31... https://docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_31/se... Note that, while much of the omnibus bill takes effect immediately, the "Official Time Act" portion of the bill only comes into force upon Proclamation, so our attention now turns to watching for the Lieutenant Governor in Council to issue an Order in Council which finalizes its implementation date. That said, the stated intent of Alberta's government has been to have this in place prior to when the clocks would otherwise fall back on 1 November 2026, so the end result is reasonably certain for all practical purposes at this point. On Thu, 14 May 2026 at 21:17, Heitor David Pinto via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
In Saskatchewan, a bill was passed to replace the Time Act. It sets UTC-6 all year in the whole province, including Lloydminster, but allows the government to issue regulations specifying a different time in localities that request so
This simplifies the prior Act's framework for the many local exceptions to year-round -06 in border areas, by extending province-wide the notion of "time option areas" which can be prescribed by regulation "if it is in the provincial interest" for those areas to observe either "UTC-5, UTC-6 or UTC-7 for all or part of the year" on at least 30 days' notice. I've attached updated draft patches with just the change for Alberta, as well as commentary for recent developments in Saskatchewan and NWT. Unlike Paul's earlier draft, I've put 1 November 2026 in as the placeholder transition, in deference to the known CLDR limitations we ran into with British Columbia. I haven't pushed these yet because (a) if the Alberta OiC is issued swiftly, we can simplify it, and (b) Northwest Territories' Legislative Assembly reconvenes on 27 May and will be in session through 4 June, so if it is to follow Alberta, we would expect to see movement during that span. As such, it likely makes sense to hold back on a release for a few more weeks anyway. -- Tim Parenti