KB-2397 Information about Upcoming Changes to Canadian Time Zones
Purpose
The purpose for this article is to inform customers about the upcoming changes to Canadian time zone regulations taking effect on November 1st, 2026.
Affected Provinces and Territories
The following Canadian provinces and territories will be impacted by this change:
- British Columbia has adopted a permanent Pacific Daylight time (UTC-7). You can read more about this change from the British Columbia Government Release Article.
- Alberta has adopted a permanent Alberta Time/Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6). You can read more about this from the Alberta Government Website.
- Northwest Territories has adopted a permanent Alberta Time/Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6) in alignment with Alberta. You can read more about this in the CBC News Release Article.
- Manitoba has adopted a permanent Central Daylight Time (UTC-5). You can read more about this change from the Manitoba Government Release Article.
Permanent Resolution
Appian is working on a platform level change to update the existing time zones. Due to external library dependencies that also require this change, a platform update for the impacted time zones will not be available before November 1st, 2026.
Workaround
End-users and administrators in these provinces and territories can select equivalent time zones which share the same UTC offset.
User-Level Adjustments: End-users in these time zones will need to change their Time Zone in user settings to reflect these changes:
- End-users in British Columbia will need to change their time zones to America/Dawson_Creek.
- End-users in Alberta/Northwest Territories will need to change their time zones to America/Regina.
- End-users in Manitoba will need to change their time zones to America/Atikokan.
- Please see the Appian documentation regarding this setting for users.
Environment Adjustments: Environment administrators in these time zones can change their Primary Time Zone to reflect these changes:
- Environments in British Columbia can change their time zones to America/Dawson_Creek.
- Environments in Alberta/Northwest Territories can change their time zones to America/Regina.
- Environments in Manitoba can change their time zones to America/Atikokan.
- Please see the Appian Documentation regarding this setting for the environment.
Affected Versions
This article applies to all versions of Appian.
Last Reviewed: September 2026