AI-assisted research summary: Alberta’s Official Time Act says official time is 6 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and generally requires people and municipalities to use or observe official time.
OFFICIAL TIME ACT Chapter O-5.7 Table of Contents 1 Definition 2 Time observed 3 Reference to time 4 Municipalities and Metis settlements bound 5 Regulations 6 Consequential amendments to regulations HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Definition 1 In this Act, “official time” means the time 6 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. RSA 2000 cD-5 s1;2026 c12 s3 Time observed 2 No person shall use or observe within Alberta any time other than official time. RSA 2000 cD-5 s2;2026 c12 s3 Reference to time 3 A reference to time in an enactment, order, rule, proclamation, bylaw, resolution, agreement or other document is, unless otherwise expressed, a reference to official time. 2026 c12 s3 Municipalities and Metis settlements bound 4 (1) No municipality or Metis settlement shall adopt, proclaim, enforce, use or observe any time other than official time. (2) A bylaw passed or proclamation issued by the council or an official of a municipality or Metis settlement providing for the adoption, proclamation or enforcement of the use or observance of any time other than official time is void. (3) This section applies notwithstanding any enactment other than the Municipal Government Act . RSA 2000 cD-5 s4;2026 c12 s3 Regulations 5 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations (a) prescribing a term other than “official time” by which official time may be known; (b) defining any term used but not defined in this Act; (c) providing for any transitional matters arising under this Act; (d) respecting any matter or thing the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act. RSA 2000 cD-5 s5;2026 c12 s3 Consequential amendments to regulations 6 (1) For the purposes of making any necessary changes as a result of this Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation, amend any regulation filed under the Regulations Act . (2) A regulation authorized by this section may be made notwithstanding that the regulation being amended was made by a member of the Executive Council or some other person or body. 2026 c12 s3