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Interim guidance for British Columbia time zone changes 2026

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Naveen_Shankar
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Aug 07, 2026

Microsoft has made a decision about addressing the new time-related change for British Columbia.

Editor's note October 13, 2026: Microsoft has released an update to address the new time-related change for British Columbia. Please refer to British Columbia 2026 time zone update available now Ea...
Updated Oct 27, 2026
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tskinner-trdfp
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Oct 19, 2026

Any idea when M365 and SharePoint will reflect the new time zone? I can find the new Pacific/BC time in Windows, Outlook app, Outlook online, but in a user's M365 settings and in SharePoint site regional settings the new zone hasn't shown up yet. We're having issues with creating SharePoint list items (for a list with date/time fields) as SharePoint gives an error saying 'failed to load current time zone' if your Windows regional settings are Pacific/BC - having to use Yukon time workaround in the interim.