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Canada's November 1 time-zone change leaves Cloud SQL and Looker an hour behind

Several Canadian jurisdictions will not turn clocks back on November 1. Google warns affected Cloud SQL for SQL Server instances can report local time an hour late, while Looker patches leave some server-side calculations unresolved. Microsoft has published interim time-zone mappings.

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