Time in British Columbia, Canada now

05:23:51AM

Thursday, February 12, 2026

British Columbia has 3 time zones. The time zone for the capital Victoria is used here.
Sun: ↑ 07:45AM ↓ 05:23PM (9h 39m) - More info - Make British Columbia time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for British Columbia

UTC -8

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
The time in British Columbia is normally 3 hours behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in British Columbia can for a short while be 2 or 4 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for British Columbia is America/Vancouver.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Sunrise: 07:45AM
Sunset: 05:23PM
Day length: 9h 39m
Solar noon: 12:34PM
The current local time in British Columbia is 34 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.