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Adopting permanent daylight saving time | BC Gov News (news.gov.bc.ca)
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Summary

  • B.C. will adopt permanent, year-round daylight saving time after clocks shift forward an hour on Sunday, March 8, 2026
  • People and businesses will have eight months to prepare for the elimination of the next time change, previously scheduled for Nov. 1, 2026
  • Eliminating twice-yearly time changes reduces disruptions for families, simplifies scheduling and provides an extra hour of evening light during the winter months
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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They should have gone with regular time. This will have negative impacts on the health of people, especially children in school.

And to all of those that say time is subjective, I'll believe you what school starts at 10am.

[–] ellisk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you think kids in Thunder Bay are worse off than Montreal because of the time zone relative toe sunrise? They're both on EST, but sunrise is about an hour off between the two of them. Or is it about kids going to school in the dark, because I have bad news for you regarding most of Canada...

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The science says they are. Unless school start time is staggered to compensate.

[–] ellisk@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

Citation needed for comparisons within a single time zone.

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow, what a scientifically sound argument.

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca -1 points 1 month ago

At no time did I assert I was coming from a position of science. This is absolutely preference telling science to go fuck itself. I want light in the evening, I don't give a wet slap what a fucking study says.