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| Alaska Standard Time |
the standard time used in most of Alaska, nine hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Atlantic Standard Time |
the standard time used in the western Atlantic and the easternmost parts of Canada, four hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Central Standard Time |
the standard time used in the central region of the United States, six hours behind Greenwich time. |
| CST |
abbreviation of "Central Standard Time," the standard time used in the central region of the United States, six hours behind Greenwich time. |
| daylight-saving time |
standard time that has been advanced by one hour in a given time zone, usu. in the spring and lasting into the fall, in order to provide one more hour of daylight at the end of each day. |
| DST |
abbreviation of "daylight saving time," standard time that has been advanced by one hour in a given time zone, usu. in the spring and lasting into the fall, in order to provide one more hour of daylight at the end of each day. |
| Eastern Standard Time |
the standard time used in the eastern region of the United States, five hours behind Greenwich time. |
| EST |
abbreviation of "Eastern Standard Time," the standard time used in the eastern region of the United States, five hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time |
the standard time used in Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands, ten hours behind Greenwich time. |
| HST |
abbreviation of "Hawaiian-Aleution Standard Time," the standard time used in Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands, ten hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Mountain Standard Time |
the standard time used in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States, seven hours behind Greenwich time. |
| MST |
abbreviation of "Mountain Standard Time," the standard time used in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States, seven hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Pacific Standard Time |
the standard time used in the Pacific Coast region of the United States, eight hours behind Greenwich time. |
| PST |
abbreviation of "Pacific Standard Time," the standard time used in the Pacific Coast region of the United States, eight hours behind Greenwich time. |
| put back |
to change the time of (a clock or watch) so that it displays an earlier time, esp. to reflect the hour gained when switching from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time. [1/4 definitions] |
| Samoa Standard Time |
the standard time used in the time zone of the Pacific that includes Samoa, eleven hours behind Greenwich time. |
| slow time |
(informal) standard time, as opposed to daylight saving time. |
| time zone |
any of twenty-four longitudinal divisions of the earth that are roughly defined by their distances from the prime meridian, and each of which keeps a standard time one hour earlier than does the zone to its east. |
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