noun
the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom
• Syn: ↑civil time, ↑local time
• Hypernyms: ↑time
• Hyponyms:
↑Atlantic Time, ↑Atlantic Standard Time, ↑Eastern Time, ↑Eastern Standard Time, ↑EST, ↑Central Time, ↑Central Standard Time, ↑CST, ↑Mountain Time, ↑Mountain Standard Time, ↑MST, ↑Pacific Time, ↑Pacific Standard Time, ↑PST, ↑Alaska Standard Time, ↑Yukon Time, ↑Hawaii Time, ↑Hawaii Standard Time, ↑Bering Time, ↑Bering Standard Time
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noun [noncount]
: the official time of a particular region or country
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the official time of a country or an area
Useful english dictionary. 2012.