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
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Courtesy Safa Sefidgari Entezari has a master’s degree in metals engineering and is finishing a postdoctoral program at the University of Saskatchewan, 2,000 miles and two time zones away from New Jersey.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone.
—Mark Cooper, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The state Senate passed a bill on Monday aimed at permanently changing Georgia’s time zone and ending the twice-annual clock change.
—Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026
And the sports themselves surely benefit from the extra exposure, particularly in cases where fan communities can blossom time zones away from where events are held.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Mar. 2026
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone.
—Mark Cooper, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The state Senate passed a bill on Monday aimed at permanently changing Georgia’s time zone and ending the twice-annual clock change.
—Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026
And the sports themselves surely benefit from the extra exposure, particularly in cases where fan communities can blossom time zones away from where events are held.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Time zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20zone. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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