People walk by the steam clock in Gas Town in downtown Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, December, 31, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

B.C. adopts Pacific time, PCT, for new, year-round daylight time zone

Sep 17, 2026 | 12:11 PM

VICTORIA — British Columbia has adopted a new time-zone code to coincide with its decision to remain permanently with year-round daylight time.

The Ministry of Citizens’ Services says in a statement that the province has begun using Pacific time with the abbreviation of PCT for its new time zone.

The designation replaces the use of Pacific standard time and Pacific daylight time that were previously used, depending on the time of year.

The B.C. government announced in March its plan to remain on daylight time.