（NEXSTAR）——随着永久性夏令时的实施，加拿大更多的地区将不再调整时钟时间。
(NEXSTAR) – Even more clocks across Canada will not “fall back” in November as permanent daylight saving time becomes the standard.
上周，西北地区（Northwest Territories）的官员宣布不再实行季节性时间调整（即不再在每年秋季将时钟调回标准时间）。这一决定是在曼尼托巴省（Manitoba）宣布将夏令时永久化的不到一周后作出的。在这两个省份，政府都引用了居民的调查结果作为决策依据。
Last week, officials in the Northwest Territories announced they would no longer observe seasonal time change. It came less than a week after Manitoba officials said daylight saving time would become permanent. In both cases, the government pointed to survey responses from residents. “We heard from Manitobans loud and clear – no more changing the clocks in Manitoba,” Premier Wab Kinew said in a press release.
“曼尼托巴省的居民明确表达了他们的意愿：不再调整时钟时间，”省长瓦布·基内乌（Wab Kinew）在新闻稿中表示。在参与调查的近7.2万名居民中，92%的人希望结束季节性时间调整；近60%的人支持永久性夏令时的实施。
Ninety-two percent of the nearly 72,000 residents who participated in Manitoba’s survey said they wanted the seasonal time change to end. Nearly 60% of those surveyed expressed support for permanent daylight saving time. Of the more than 3,500 residents of the Northwest Territories who participated in a similar online survey, more than 87% said they wanted to stop changing the clocks twice a year.
在西北地区参与类似在线调查的3500多名居民中，超过87%的人表示希望不再每年调整两次时钟时间。官员们表示，永久性夏令时是他们的首选方案。
Once again, officials said permanent daylight saving time was the preferred option for locking the clocks. “Ending seasonal time change gives residents what they’ve asked us for,” R.J.
今年早些时候，阿尔伯塔省（Alberta）和不列颠哥伦比亚省（British Columbia）也相继采用了永久性夏令时制度。不列颠哥伦比亚省表示，美国的政策变化影响了该省在时区调整等事务上的决策。育空地区（Yukon）和萨斯喀彻温省（Saskatchewan）的大部分地区多年来一直未实行季节性时间调整。
Simpson, Premier of the Northwest Territories, said in a press release. Earlier this year, Alberta and British Columbia also switched to permanent daylight saving time. The latter said, in part, that “actions from the U.S. have shifted how [British Columbia] approaches decisions that merit alignment, including on time zones.”Yukon and most of Saskatchewan have, for years, not observed the twice-annual changing of the clocks.
目前，美国已有19个州（其中包括5个与加拿大接壤的州）通过了相关立法，要求这些州的时钟时间永久保持在夏令时状态，但这些州尚未正式实施这一规定。
Nineteen U.S. states, including five that share a border with Canada, have enacted legislation calling for their clocks to lock on permanent daylight saving time. It has yet to happen for any of them, however.
各州可以选择全年永久采用标准时间，夏威夷州和亚利桑那州大部分地区都已如此，但若要全年永久实行夏令制，则需要国会采取行动。众议院已提出相关法案，允许各州全年固定实行夏令时，但众议院要到11月才会复会。
States can opt into year-round permanent standard time, as Hawaii and much of Arizona have done, but they need action by Congress to observe permanent daylight saving time. Legislation has been introduced in the House to allow states to lock their clocks on year-round daylight saving time, but the chamber won’t be back in session until November.
众议院今年早些时候通过了《阳光保护法案》，特朗普总统也已表示支持该法案。目前尚不清楚参议院何时或是否会审议该法案，以及该法案是否拥有足够的票数通过。
The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act earlier this year, and President Trump has expressed his support for the bill. It’s not clear if or when the Senate could take up the bill, or if it has enough votes to pass.
若无重大变化，美国各地时钟将于11月1日“拨回”标准时间，这也是夏令时可能结束的最早日期。
Without any major changes, U.S. clocks will “fall back” to standard time on November 1, the earliest possible date daylight saving time can end.