standard time
noun
: the time of a region or country that is established by law or general usage as civil time (see civil sense 5)
… the advent of the railway system and its demand for accurate timetables created the need for standard time and GMT became the legal standard time of Britain in 1880.—
John Sallnow
John Sallnow
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
At a little after nine Central Standard Time on the night of Monday, April 13, 1970 there was, high in the western sky, a tiny flare of light that in some respects resembled a star exploding far away in our galaxy. —Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr.
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See what Donald Trump promised last fall Switching to daylight saving time in the spring and standard time in the fall generates strong opinions, but has proven difficult to change.
—Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Under the bill, Hawaii and most of Arizona would continue to observe year-round standard time.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
The Uniform Time Act allows states to opt out and maintain standard time throughout the year.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Arizona and Hawaii already observe standard time year-round, as do the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Under the bill, Hawaii and most of Arizona would continue to observe year-round standard time.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
The Uniform Time Act allows states to opt out and maintain standard time throughout the year.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Arizona and Hawaii already observe standard time year-round, as do the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Standard time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standard%20time. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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