MWPRO IMPACT SCORE
OPERATIONAL IMPACT
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HIGH IMPACT • REVIEW RECOMMENDED
Recommended Action:
Review the update and plan any required actions before rollout.
Review the update and plan any required actions before rollout.
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Primary Audience
Power Platform AdminsIT ManagersTenant AdminsService Owners
Why this score?
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HIGH
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Assessment Reasoning
This announcement covers scheduled 2026 time zone updates affecting multiple Power Platform components, with clear timelines and described functional effects across Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Pages. Admins need to plan for configuration updates, verify time zone settings, and apply Windows patches before November 2026. User impact will be moderate, mainly visible through potential time display errors if systems or devices are not updated.
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Admin Impact
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User Impact
55
Urgency
60
Effort
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
AT A GLANCE
Power Platform services are being updated for Canada’s 2026 time zone changes. Admins and users in affected regions should confirm correct time settings to avoid inaccurate scheduling or timestamps.
END USERS
Users in Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia may see incorrect times if systems aren’t updated.
IT ADMINS
Ensure operating systems and Power Platform services use the new regional time zones once updates roll out.
ROLLOUT TIMELINE
Upcoming:
November 2026
November 2026
📢 Official Microsoft Message Center Announcement
Power Platform – Information about the 2026 time zone changes in Canada
Message ID: MC1526712 (Updated)
What and why
Power Platform services are being updated to support the 2026 time zone changes in Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia. This is a general awareness message to support the changes and complements MC1510951 — Windows updates are available for 2026 time zone changes in Canada.
Rollout schedule
Updates will be delivered by service to support the November 1, 2026, time zone transition. Availability will vary by service.
Power Automate Desktop (RPA): Scheduled trigger updates are planned to roll out November 5 through November 23, 2026.
How does this affect me?
Impact varies by component and time zone configuration:
- Power Apps (Model-driven Apps): Selecting a new regional time zone may change how existing dates and times are displayed where the old and new rules differ.
- Power Apps (Canvas Apps): Date and time behavior depends on the device’s time zone configuration. Affected users may see incorrect local times if their device has not been updated and configured with the correct regional time zone.
- Power Pages: From November 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, dates converted by Dataverse and date-based filters may be one hour behind. From 2027, dates and times recorded during past standard-time periods may also display one hour incorrectly. Dates rendered directly in the browser are not affected by the identified issue.
- Power Automate Process Mining: Date and time behavior depends on the device’s time zone configuration. Affected users may see incorrect local times if their device has not been updated and configured with the correct regional time zone.
- Power Automate Desktop (RPA): Beginning November 1, scheduled triggers using the existing Mountain, Pacific, or Central time zones may run one hour off from the intended local time in affected regions. The Get current date and time action also has limitations involving unavailable new time zone options and outdated time zone data.
Keep device operating systems and browsers updated and verify that each device uses the correct regional time zone as time zone settings may not change automatically.
After the relevant service update is available, affected users should select the appropriate new region-specific time zone in their app or service settings, where applicable.
Power Automate Desktop (RPA): Install the October 2026 Windows time zone update on machines running desktop flows. Until the new regional time zones are available for scheduled triggers, use these temporary settings:
- Alberta: Select “Saskatchewan.”
- British Columbia: Select “Arizona.”
- Manitoba: Select “Bogota, Lima, Quito.”
Source: Microsoft Message Center • Analysed by MWPro
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