It’s dark o-clock out and people are being stubborn about straightforward things and I’m not in the mood….
I just wrote in reply:
"Hi ____,
I am sorry but I do not understand the logic here:
"The ask for each province and territory in Canada to get a unique zone for the purpose of providing a unique name is out of scope for the tzdata project.”
The provinces and territories are larger than most countries and many cover more than one time zone in north america. These are the jurisdictions that control time zones in Canada and have done since WWI. The timezones have not changed in 100 years, since the advent of computers.
We are simply asking tzdata to follow the law, so that we can follow the law.
This output from ‘date’ from my servers located in Port Alberni, BC, Canada, does not follow the law. Tzdata is the package that controls that output.
Thu 12 Nov 2026 08:16:37 AM MST
Please follow the law.
Cheers
Chris
@chris I would suggest you take this up with your elected government so they can issue official conformation to the VOLUNTEER who maintains (and has maintained for years) the tzdata.
And tell him/her that names should be planned for when your government corrects this impulsive mistake and comes back to standard and daylight times as before.