At 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 6, clocks will go back one hour to mark the end of daylight saving time. The change will result in more daylight in the morning, but sunset will occur earlier in the afternoon.
Outgoing BC Premier John Horgan previously said he hopes 2022 will be the last year British Columbians will have to observe daylight saving time.
In 2019, the province passed legislation to stop changing the clocks and stay on daylight saving time permanently, but only if the neighboring states of Washington, Oregon and California do the same.
Those three states have made moves to permanently observe daylight saving time, but require federal permission to do so.
In March of this year, the US Senate passed a bill that would permanently end daylight saving time across the country.
However, the bill, called the “Sunshine Protection Act,” still needs to be passed by the House of Representatives and signed by the president before becoming law.
If the bill passes, daylight saving time will become the country’s new permanent standard time starting November 5, 2023.
In British Columbia, legislation passed in 2019 means the province could switch to permanent daylight saving time quickly after it becomes official in the U.S.
While most British Columbians observe the daylight saving time, some residents in the northeast corner of the province, as well as Creston, do not.
Canada has six time zones with different variations of standard time throughout the year.
