Time in Saskatchewan

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The Canadian province of Saskatchewan observes Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00) year-round and does not observe daylight saving time. Until 2020 (when Yukon abolished DST), Saskatchewan was the only province or territory in Canada to not perform twice-yearly clock changes. In 2026, Alberta and the Northwest Territories adopted permanent DST and are therefore synchronized with Saskatchewan year-round, while Manitoba adopted permanent DST and is therefore one hour earlier year-round. After previously using a patchwork of Mountain and Central Time on a regional basis, Saskatchewan adopted permanent CST province-wide in 1966, with certain communities in western Saskatchewan given the option to follow Mountain Time in alignment with Alberta. This option was used primarily by Lloydminster, which falls directly on the provincial border. Saskatchewan is bisected by the 105th meridian—the reference meridian for the Mountain Time Zone; by adopting year-round CST, its time matched Mountain Daylight...

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