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passed a similar bill a month later, while California's attempt failed. The provincial government of British Columbia announced in 2019 that they would follow the U.S. states in whether the time changes were kept or removed in order to maintain a unified time zone. In 2020, Idaho passed legislation
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Through 2006, the local time (PST, UTC−08:00) changed to daylight time (PDT, UTC−07:00) at 02:00 LST (local standard time) to 03:00 LDT (local daylight time) on the first Sunday in April, and returned at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the last Sunday in October. The
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Proposals to abolish the bi-annual time change and adopt year-round standard time or daylight time gained popularity among U.S. states in the 2010s. 59 percent of voters in California approved a
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officially switched from the Pacific Time Zone to a time zone "to be reckoned as seven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−7)" after deciding to stop observing daylight saving time.
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In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called the Pacific Time Zone. Specifically, time in this zone is referred to as
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passed a bill in May 2019 that would move the state to permanent daylight time, subject to Congressional approval; the
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encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe
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to allow for permanent daylight time for the Pacific Time Zone. Congressional approval was sought through the
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that authorizes the legislature to use year-round daylight time, pending Congressional approval. The
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held in northeastern and southeastern electoral districts due to their ties to neighboring
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One Canadian province is split between the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone:
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due to proximity to Idaho cities; it was moved in 1923 to accommodate the needs of the
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when daylight saving time (mid-March to early November) is being observed. In
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when standard time is being observed (early November to mid-March), and
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One state is split between the Pacific Time Zone (unofficially), the
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are in the Pacific Time Zone due to proximity to cities in Washington
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The border between time zones in British Columbia was decided in a
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Three states are split between the Pacific Time Zone and the
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Two states are fully contained in the Pacific Time Zone:
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Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting
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(March 5, 2018). 504:in 2022, but its equivalent in the 211:The zone is two hours ahead of the 420:– all, except for the majority of 25: 1077:Zhao, Christina (March 2, 2023). 768:Phenix, Duncan (March 11, 2023). 712:Suplee, Curt (October 12, 1986). 569:Palmer, Vaughn (March 20, 2019). 945:Nixon, Nicole (March 11, 2022). 740:Goldberg, Delen (July 2, 2011). 655:Idaho Official State Highway Map 390:since 1999, due to proximity to 161:by subtracting eight hours from 71: 1535:Time zones in the United States 1025:Chan, Cheryl (March 10, 2021). 663:Idaho Transportation Department 1: 1193:Hours from UTC: Standard time 18:Pacific Daylight Savings Time 1112:Official times across Canada 544:is only observed within the 489:Washington State Legislature 231:, and four hours behind the 902:– via Newspapers.com. 874:– via Newspapers.com. 825:Levin, Dan (July 2, 2016). 661:(Map). 1:1,248,000. 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Index

Pacific Daylight Savings Time
Pacific Time (radio show)
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945–1980
Prothrombin time
Time zone

UTC−08:00
UTC−07:00
PST
PDT
DST
time zone
standard time
Coordinated Universal Time
UTC−08:00
daylight saving time
time offset
UTC−07:00
Mexico
Los Angeles
whose metropolitan area
Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone
Alaska Time Zone
Mountain Time Zone
Central Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
Atlantic Time Zone
Time in Canada
British Columbia
Highway 95

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