British Columbia to follow DST trend

There's considerable pressure on both sides with how Canadian provinces will react to the new Daylight Savings Time (DST) rules in 2007.

British Columbia is the latest province to follow along the U.S. beginning next year. In March 2007, DST starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The U.S. law put pressure on the Canadian provinces given the amount of commerce that goes back and forth between the two countries.

The anti-U.S. pressure is not thrilled with DST anyway, but the arbitary process used by the U.S. Congress upsets some Canadians, since there is intense pressure to make change Canadians have no control of changing.

Saskatchewan, like the U.S. states of Arizona and Hawaii, does not change its clocks and likely won't. Indiana, a longtime holdout, recently agreed to move its clocks starting today. There are pockets of several provinces that slightly differ; they are usually located near time zone borders.