standard time

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Current federal law does not permit making daylight saving permanent, but it does allow states to opt into permanent standard time — which only Arizona and Hawaii have done.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

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

Kim Sundberg and Debby Clausen of San Juan Island told The Seattle Times in 2022 they prefer permanent standard time.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

The only limitation it proposes to put upon the adoption of what may be called local standard time is that the breaks shall be at definite intervals of ten minutes or more.

From International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings by Various