# Time Zone Hell

> Time zone converter, time difference calculator and reference for Canada and the US, updated for the 2026 changes in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. Rules last verified Oct 21, 2026 against government sources. Edited by Don Falconer.

## Key facts (verified Oct 21, 2026)

- British Columbia: UTC−7 all year ("Pacific time", PCT). Last clock change March 8, 2026; did not fall back on Nov 1, 2026. BC's East Kootenay (Cranbrook, Fernie, Invermere) follows Alberta (UTC−6). Golden moved to UTC−7.
- Alberta: "Alberta Time" (ABT), UTC−6 all year from Nov 1, 2026.
- Northwest Territories: "Northwest Territories Time", UTC−6 all year from Nov 1, 2026.
- Manitoba: UTC−5 all year from Nov 1, 2026. Kenora and nearby northwestern Ontario follow Manitoba.
- Yukon (UTC−7) and Saskatchewan (UTC−6) were already on one time all year.
- The rest of Canada and the US (except Arizona and Hawaii) still change clocks: second Sunday in March, first Sunday in November.
- So from November to March: Vancouver is 1 hour ahead of Seattle, Calgary 1 hour ahead of Denver, Winnipeg 1 hour ahead of Chicago. In summer they match.
- US: the Sunshine Protection Act (H.R. 139) passed the House on July 14, 2026; the Senate has not voted (as of Oct 21, 2026).
- IANA time zone database release 2026e includes all of these changes.

## Tools
- [Time zone converter and time difference calculator](https://timezonehell.com/): convert any time between cities, time zones or airport codes, for any date.
- [Meeting planner](https://timezonehell.com/meeting-planner/): find working-hour overlap across up to six places and create calendar invites.
- [Check my calendar](https://timezonehell.com/check-my-calendar/): load an Outlook, Google or Apple calendar export (.ics) and list every meeting that will be an hour off after Nov 1, 2026, which ones the user organized and must fix, and the new times for the rest. Runs entirely in the browser; nothing is uploaded.

## Reference
- [The 2026 time zone change, explained](https://timezonehell.com/about-time/bc-alberta-manitoba-time-zone-change-2026/)
- [Daylight saving time dates 2026–2028 and who still changes](https://timezonehell.com/daylight-saving-time/)
- [Time zone cheat sheet: PST, MST, CST, EST and UTC offsets, plus converters](https://timezonehell.com/convert/)

- [All time zones with codes and rules](https://timezonehell.com/time-zones/)
- [Current time in 50 cities](https://timezonehell.com/time/)
- [Time differences between 79 city pairs](https://timezonehell.com/time-difference/)

## About Time (guides)
- [Is your clock wrong after the time change? Fixing iPhone, Mac, Android and Windows](https://timezonehell.com/about-time/clock-wrong-after-time-change/)
- [Will your car, microwave and alarm clock know about the time change? Which clocks fall back by themselves, and how to fix them](https://timezonehell.com/about-time/car-microwave-alarm-clock-time-change-2026/)
- [BC and Alberta time zone change: finding and fixing Outlook, Teams, Google Calendar and Apple meetings](https://timezonehell.com/about-time/recurring-meetings-november-1-2026/)

## Full detail
- [llms-full.txt](https://timezonehell.com/llms-full.txt): every time zone with winter and summer offsets and clock-change dates, 50 cities, and the 2026 rule changes with their government sources, in one plain-text file.

## Data and sources
- [Methodology and primary sources](https://timezonehell.com/methodology/)
- [How this site was built](https://timezonehell.com/how-we-built-this/): built in a weekend by Big Room Creative (bigroomcreative.com) working with Claude, as a test of how fast an SEO and AEO site can get results
- [Download the rules (JSON/CSV, CC BY 4.0)](https://timezonehell.com/data/)
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