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

I had assumed that switching to year-round standard time also required action at the federal level.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2024

Both the roads and the public then conformed to the standard time of the zone in which they were.

From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell