standard time

noun

Definition of standard time

: the time of a region or country that is established by law or general usage as civil time specifically : the mean time of a meridian that is a multiple of 15 arbitrarily applied to a local area or to one of the 24 time zones and designated as a number of hours earlier or later than Greenwich mean time

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The majority of Arizona is on permanent standard time, and year-round DST is followed by Hawaii and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Minor Outlying Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. — Dani Deahl, The Verge, "California moves toward permanent daylight saving time," 7 Nov. 2018 The resolution calls for the creation of a 13-person task force to determine the merits of standard time versus daylight saving. — Littice Bacon-blood, NOLA.com, "Should Louisiana use Daylight Saving Time? State task force will evaluate the options," 23 May 2018 Chu says he doesn’t actually care whether California goes on year-round daylight saving or standard time. — George Skelton, latimes.com, "Year-round daylight saving time? More dark mornings is just one downside," 5 July 2018 This forecast, valid for noon local standard time (1 p.m. daylight saving time) the following day is issued each day shortly after noon. — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, "Ask Tom: What's a good source for the UV index?," 28 June 2018 Hawaii and most of Arizona don’t participate in switching from standard time to daylight-saving time and back. — Sun-Sentinel.com, "Daylight-saving time no sure bet in Congress, Rubio says," 29 Mar. 2018 In Washington, for example, year-round standard time would look like this. — Justin Grieser, Washington Post, "Daylight saving time starts this weekend. Here’s how things would change if we got rid of it.," 9 Mar. 2018 Sunrise came after the start of the school day in midwinter, and that fall U.S. returned to standard time. — Melody Gutierrez, SFChronicle.com, "Year-round daylight-saving time in California? Voters may get a say," 21 June 2018 The state Legislature overwhelmingly approved a resolution during the recent regular session to study whether Daylight Saving Time or standard time is best for the state. — Littice Bacon-blood, NOLA.com, "Should Louisiana use Daylight Saving Time? State task force will evaluate the options," 23 May 2018

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