卑诗省不再跟调冬令时：美加边境出现52年来首个1小时时差
2026年11月1日，华盛顿州金县西雅图市居民按惯例将时钟拨慢1小时、重回冬令时，但北边的加拿大卑诗省这次没有跟随调表，而是自今年3月8日最后一次拨快后永久保留夏令时。这意味着52年来，卑诗省首次与南边的华盛顿州出现1小时时差；两地此前仅在1974年因临时政策出现过4个月时差。这一不同步局面将持续到2027年3月14日美国重新进入夏令时，届时两地时间才会重新一致。
对跨境往来的居民来说，跨越美加边境时除过海关外，时间还要向前拨快1小时。卑诗省2019年已通过永久夏令时立法，并经覆盖22.3万名居民的调查显示九成以上受访者支持告别一年两次调表；该省今年3月决定不再等待美国邻州同步，单方面启动变更。
华盛顿州2019年也通过了类似的永久夏令时法案，但受联邦法律限制，须经国会授权才能生效，该法一直未能实施。今年7月14日，美国众议院以308票对117票通过旨在全美永久实行夏令时的《阳光保护法案》，法案次日送交参议院商业、科学和运输委员会审理；代表华盛顿州的联邦众议员 Marilyn Strickland 对此表示支持。
（来源：KING 5）
British Columbia Stays on Daylight Time as Washington Falls Back: A One-Hour Border Gap for the First Time in 52 Years
On November 1, 2026, residents of Seattle, King County, Washington, turned their clocks back one hour to standard time as usual, but Canada's British Columbia did not follow: after its final spring-forward on March 8, the province is keeping daylight saving time permanently. For the first time in 52 years, British Columbia and Washington are one hour apart; the two had last differed for four months in 1974 under a temporary policy. The gap will last until the United States returns to daylight time on March 14, 2027.
For cross-border travelers, crossing the U.S.-Canada border now also means moving clocks one hour ahead. British Columbia passed permanent daylight time legislation in 2019, backed by a survey of 223,000 residents in which more than 90% supported ending twice-yearly clock changes, and in March the province decided to proceed without waiting for neighboring U.S. states.
Washington also passed a permanent daylight time law in 2019, but federal law requires congressional authorization, so it has never taken effect. On July 14, the U.S. House passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight time permanent nationwide, by 308 votes to 117; the bill was referred the next day to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland of Washington has voiced support.
(Source: KING 5)
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图片来源：图：美加边境和平拱门与排队过关的车流，位于华盛顿州与卑诗省交界。RGB2 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Traffic at the Peace Arch border crossing between Washington and British Columbia. By RGB2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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