Issue with Brightspace date and time display
September 01, 2026
Brightspace (D2L) has identified an issue affecting how recent British Columbia time zone changes are handled by Brightspace and some web browsers.
Please note
The time discrepancy issues impacting Brightspace dates and times has been resolved. However, it is important that all Brightspace users ensure their browsers are up to date as all browsers now have the up-to-date BC time zone information. It is also highly recommended that instructors check all assessments scheduled after November 1, 2026 to ensure the timing is correct.
What has changed?
Quiz and assignment dates with a due and end date during the period previously affected by daylight saving time. For example November 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM, may now appear one hour later than instructors originally intended on the main Quiz/Assignment summary page. In some cases, an activity that is set to end at 11:59 PM may now appear as ending at 12:59 AM the following day.
Why is the issue occurring?
The issue is occurring because Brightspace’s servers have been updated with the new BC time zone information, but some Chromium-based browsers, including Chrome and Microsoft Edge, have not yet received the same update.
This can result in:
- different times appearing on different Brightspace pages
- different times being displayed depending on which browser is used
- instructors seeing one time while students see another
Unfortunately, there is no process to automatically revert dates affected by this date/time handling change. This is an known issue that D2L Brightspace is actively tracking.
How to address the issue
To address this issue, please check any date-bound activity information in your Fall 2026 Brightspace page(s), such as Quizzes, Assignments, etc, to ensure that correct dates and times are displayed. If there is a discrepancy, use the Firefox browser to update the activity to the correct time.
We recommend using Firefox to set all date/time information until a Chromium patch has been released.