Pacific Time (British Columbia)

Pacific Time is the name of the time zone observed in most of the province of British Columbia, effective March 8, 2026. It observes time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−07:00) year-round. While geographically the province is in the Pacific Time Zone (UTC−08:00), it is effectively on daylight saving time (DST) year-round, as clocks are not turned back an hour in November when most jurisdictions return to Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00).

NOTE: the right column of "time zone" does not have legal meaning and may deviate from the government designed name of the time zone.

On March 2, 2026, British Columbia premier David Eby announced that the province would adopt permanent time observation in the time zone, and thus no longer switch between Pacific Standard Time and Pacific Daylight Time twice a year. The Government of British Columbia and other sources have categorized the change as a new time zone called Pacific Time.

The regions in British Columbia that observe Mountain Time would remain unaffected. Those areas that switch between Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00) and Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00) will continue to do so, including the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District east of the Selkirk Mountains, the Regional District of East Kootenay, the Regional District of Central Kootenay east of the Kootenay River and some parts east of Kootenay Lake that are south of and include Riondel. Other areas like Creston and Kootenay Bay will continue to observes permanent Mountain Standard Time year-round, and thus will also effectively be in sync with the new Pacific Time.