standard time

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States such as Arizona and Hawaii have foregone daily saving time entirely, choosing to stay on standard time year-round and never switch their clocks.

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

As a refresher: Each year in the United States, we spring forward an hour in March, and then go back to standard time in November.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

But it is to be understood that local or any other standard time, which is intimately connected with daily life, will necessarily be used side by side with the universal time.

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