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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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alexcotsalas
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Oct 22, 2026

Thanks for reporting this. Two fixes are rolling out for OWA and New Outlook:

  1. Searching and choosing Vancouver will select the new time zone
  2. The time zone combo box is widened so you can see the full time zone name (or, for some very long time zones, enough to distinguish it from other time zones)

I'm also looking into the sort order. Agree it doesn't make sense.

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OzoVei
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Oct 22, 2026

Excellent, thank you for taking the feedback and pushing fixes! Are the fixes rolling out now? Or do you have an estimate as to when they will be available?

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    alexcotsalas
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    Oct 22, 2026

    Ball is rolling now, but still working on ETA.