 Part of Lloydminster spills into Alberta, which mandates the use of daylight saving time.In order to keep clocks in sync throughout the city, Lloydminster chose to follow Alberta's practice of observing daylight saving time—effectively placing Lloydminster and the surrounding area on Mountain Time year-round.Swift Current and surrounding communities also observed Mountain Time until April 30, 1972 when they changed to match the rest of the province.