Illustration of time zone
- A Pacific time
- B mountain time
- C central time
- D eastern time
time zone
noun
: a geographic region within which the same standard time is used
Examples of time zone in a Sentence
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The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone.
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Mark Cooper, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Cans in a larger-than-life six-pack will drop one-by-one as the clock strikes 4:50 p.m. in each U.S. time zone.
—Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 23 July 2025
Here's what that means for your time zone: 6am PT
8am Central
9am ET
10am BRT
2pm BST
3pm CEST
6:30pm IST
9pm CST
10pm JST
11pm AEST
1am NZST (July 23)
What Will Be In the Pokémon Presents?
—Ryan Woodrow, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
That alignment makes coordination simpler and creative output more consistent, regardless of time zone.
—Sebastian Bondo Petit, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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Mark Cooper, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Cans in a larger-than-life six-pack will drop one-by-one as the clock strikes 4:50 p.m. in each U.S. time zone.
—Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 23 July 2025
Here's what that means for your time zone: 6am PT
8am Central
9am ET
10am BRT
2pm BST
3pm CEST
6:30pm IST
9pm CST
10pm JST
11pm AEST
1am NZST (July 23)
What Will Be In the Pokémon Presents?
—Ryan Woodrow, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
That alignment makes coordination simpler and creative output more consistent, regardless of time zone.
—Sebastian Bondo Petit, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for time zone
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“Time zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20zone. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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