standard time
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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
California and every other state with the exception of Alaska and Hawaii will remain on standard time until March 9, when the clocks “spring forward” an hour as daylight saving time returns.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024
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
Standard Time.—The standard time adopted in Egypt is that of the longitude of Alexandria, 30� E., i.e. two hours earlier than Greenwich time.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
