Sundials Defy BC's Time Shift

0:00It's March 28th. You're listening to Vancouver News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Cory with the story. British Columbia just switched to permanent Pacific Daylight time, and it's messing with the city sundials big time. These ancient clocks track solar time based on the sun's position, so they'll now read one hour behind our clocks year round. Victoria Sundial experts Steve Laliv, from the North American Sundial Society, says the nomad that pointy shadowcaster points true noon right at. Solar midday, not our new clock time. Laliva explains it's tricky to fix them since sundials are tuned to their spot in the time zone, like Victoria being west of the meridian near, can loops. You can't just rotate big ones the base play when these shifting while the nomad stays fixed north. That won't fly for massive setups. Take the 20-foot wide sundial at Ogden Point, paved in for the province's 150th birthday folks, stand in the center, and their shadow, tells time.

1:00Harbor Authority reps are eyeing science to note the hour difference since tourists already puzzle over it in summer. The vertical one at Christchurch Cathedral from 2001 honors a beloved dean's wife and the 1947 garden dial in Beacon. Hill Park stays historic as is no changes planned. Meanwhile Vernon Miles, great great nephew of daylight time inventor William Willard, finds the debate hilarious. He'd rather see standard time stick around, joking his relative spinning in his grave. Laliva got hooked on sundials gardening in the UK, tracing shadows to map sun patterns. As sundials keep their solar rhythm amid the time shift, expect more plaques and chats to bridge the gap. History meeting our clocks in a quirky, standoff.