Upcoming timezone changes for BC and AB ... and others

We are still actively working on this… the recent announcements by Manitoba and Northwest Territories have increased the scope.

British Columbia and Alberta no longer observe daylight saving time. 
That means that this Fall when others ‘fall back’ the time will stay the same in BC and AB.

In the official timezone records, BC is now bound to MST and AB is now bound to CST. 
Or perhaps more accurately:
British Columbia moved to permanent -07 on 2026-03-09.
Alberta moved to permanent -06 on 2026-06-18.
Manitoba moved to permanent -05 on 2026-09-17.
Northwest Territories moved to permanent -06 on 2026-09-23. (to align with AB).

Expect Windows updates in September/October 2026 to address this, and updates in other operating systems and ecosystems as well. Updates to other software such as Microsoft Office may take longer.

The teams behind VertiGIS Studio are examining our code to determine the impacts.

Keep track of the list below to see which products are still being checked, which are complete, and whether there is an impact. 

If you are a customer in BC or AB with VertiGIS Studio installed on-premises, you should expect that at least one of your VertiGIS Studio products will need to be updated in your environment sometime before November 1, 2026 to have it reflect the new timezone change.

VertiGIS Studio Web | 2026-10-01 Investigation complete – No issues found.
VertiGIS Studio Mobile | 2026-10-01 Investigation complete – No issues found.
VertiGIS Studio Desktop | 2026-08-14 Investigating.
VertiGIS Studio Workflow | 2026-08-18 Investigation complete – No issues found.
VertiGIS Studio Reporting | 2026-08-31 Investigation complete - No issues found.
VertiGIS Studio Printing | 2026-08-31 Investigation complete - No issues found.
VertiGIS Studio Search | 2026-09-16 Investigation complete - No issues found.
VertiGIS Studio Analytics | 2026-08-25 Requires update (Mongo and Node).
VertiGIS Studio Access Control | 2026-08-25 Investigation complete - No issues found.
VertiGIS Studio Item Manager | 2026-09-29 Investigation complete - No issues found.
VertiGIS Inline | 2026-10-01 Investigation complete – No issues found.

…several of these products use Node as part of the build and test process and Node needs to be updated in our internal systems. You may have seen an earlier version of this that said Web/Inline was affected for this reason, but the actual released product does not use Node and so is unaffected.