standard time

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In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 7, which would allow the state Legislature to approve either permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time — eliminating the annual time shifts — with a two-thirds vote.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

Many see the beginning of standard time as a mild annoyance.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025

Most carbon removal credits have a standard time frame of 100 years, according to Erica Dorr, who leads the climate team at Riverse, a carbon crediting platform in France.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

Experts agree that switching the clocks back and forth affects our health, but there’s no general consensus on which is best in the perennial debate between permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

It was standard time both here and in Toronto; so that would be the time at the Recorder office also—12.25 a.m.

From Every Man for Himself by Moorhouse, Hopkins