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Pendant la nuit de samedi à dimanche, l'Amérique du Nord va se déplacer vers l'Est et va venir se rapprocher d'un fuseau horaire de l'Europe!!

Nous passerons de PST à Daylight saving time (DST): H-8, maintenant avec la France.

Quand la France passe à l'heure d'été c'est assez simple, tous les petits français avancent leur montre d'une heure!! Ca se complique quand le pays se trouve sur 6 (mais la vérité est plus près des 5,5) fuseaux horaires.

Au Canada, c'est aux provinces de décider, si elles passent à l'heure d'été ou pas.

In Canada, it's up to each province to decide whether to use daylight time, and not all do.

En 2007, les USA décident de modifier le début et la fin de leur heure d'été... Ce qui explique les 3 semaines d'avance! Le Canada suit les USA, pour faciliter le commerce et les voyages.

Legislation in the United States in 2007 moved the start of daylight time three weeks earlier in the spring and the return to standard time a week later in the fall. Canada followed suit, saying it was essential to co-ordinate with the U.S. and that not doing so would create too many headaches for trade and travel.

En résumé par province/By province or territory

British Columbia

En gros toute la Colombie Britannique qui est sur le Pacific Time, change d'heure à l'exception de 2 zones limitrophes avec l'Alberta, qui l'été est en Pacific Time et l'hiver en Mountain Time (idem que l'Alberta)

Most of British Columbia (BC) is on Pacific Time and observes DST. However there are two main exceptions:

Part of the Peace River Regional District of BC (including the communities of Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Hudson's Hope, Fort St. John, Taylor and Tumbler Ridge) is on Mountain Time and does not observe DST. This means that the region's clocks are the same as those in Calgary and Edmonton in the winter, they are the same as those in Vancouver in the summer.

The East Kootenay region of south-eastern BC (including the communities of Cranbrook, Fernie, Golden and Invermere) is on Mountain Time and observes DST. This means that the region is always on the same time as Calgary; much of the region gets television by way of rebroadcasters of Calgary stations. One exception in this region is Creston, which observes MST year round. Clocks in Creston match those in Calgary in the winter, and Vancouver in the summer.

Ontario

Idem pour l'Ontario, pricnipalement toute la province change d'heure à l'exception de 3 communités, qui ne change pas et donc sont l'été en Central Time,comme le Manitoba et l'hiver en Eastern Time, comme Toronto et Ottawa.

Most of Ontario uses DST. Pickle Lake, New Osnaburgh, and Atikokan, three communities located within the Central Time Zone in Northwestern Ontario, all observe Eastern Standard Time all year long. (This has the effect of having clocks in the area match clocks in the rest of Northwestern Ontario during the summer tourist season, and clocks in Toronto during the winter—without ever changing their clocks.)

Quebec

La partie du Québec se trouvant au 63ème longituditude ouest ne change pas d'horaire. En été, ils sont en Atlantique Zone, comme Halifax et l'hiver en Eastern Time, comme Montréal ou Québec.

Most of Quebec observes DST. However, the eastern reaches of Quebec's North Shore, east of 63° west longitude, are in the Atlantic Time Zone, but do not observe DST. The effect is that in summer their clocks match those of the rest of the province, while in November, their clocks are rejoined by their Atlantic Standard Time neighbours. Although places east of 63° west are officially on Atlantic Time, local custom is to use Eastern Time as far east as the Natashquan River. Those communities observe DST, including all of Anticosti Island, which is bisected by the 63rd meridian.

Saskatchewan

Le Saskatchewan est assez simple, il ne suit pas les horaires d'été ou d'hiver... Par contre, les villes frontalières avec l'Alberta ou le Manitoba, change en fonction de la province qui se trouve à proximité!!

Although the entire province is geographically within the MST (UTC-7) zone, the province is officially part of the Central time zone (UTC-6). However, most of Saskatchewan does not observe DST. This means that clocks in most of the province match clocks in Winnipeg during the winter and Calgary and Edmonton during the summer. This time zone designation was implemented in 1966, when the Saskatchewan Time Act was passed in order to standardize time province-wide.Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall had promised a referendum on daylight saving time in the 2007 election. But in March 2011 he said one wasn't needed.

The charter of the city of Lloydminster, which is bisected by the Saskatchewan–Alberta boundary, gives it a special exemption. Lloydminster and the immediately surrounding region in Saskatchewan observe Mountain Time year-round, with officially sanctioned seasonal daylight saving time (which in the summer, puts it in sync with the rest of Saskatchewan). This is to keep clocks on the Saskatchewan side in sync with those on the Alberta side; Alberta mandates the use of daylight saving time province-wide. Along the Manitoba border, the small, remote Saskatchewan towns of Denare Beach and Creighton unofficially observe Central Daylight Time during the summer, thereby keeping the same time as larger neighboring Manitoba communities.

Newfoundland

Voila mon petit demi... les fuseaux horaires complets sont trop simples, donc le Newfoundland et une partie du Labrador sont sur le Newfoundland Standard Time, qui est en avance de 30 min par rapport à l'Atlantic Time (Halifax, par exemple)!! Mais ceci étant encore trop simple... Donc au changement d'heure, toutes les provinces font la bascule à 2h du matin le dimanche, le Newfoundland le fait à 12h01... Donc pendant 2h ce dimanche, le Newfoundland aura 1h30 d'avance sur Halifax par exemple...

 Résumé en image, de la situation maintenant et en hiver