Atlantic time

noun

1. standard time

Word History and Origins

Origin of Atlantic time¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

And for bonus coverage, did you know that Newfoundland has a time adjustment of 30 minutes off of Atlantic time?

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Every few years, one of our legislators proposes that Maine move to Atlantic time, the same time zone used by Nova Scotia and Qaanaaq, Greenland.

Read more on Washington Post

That one was a little more tenuous; it held that Maine would join Atlantic time only if Massachusetts and New Hampshire did so, too; it also required a statewide referendum.

Read more on Washington Post

But in Maine, the resistance to Atlantic time is not a joke.

Read more on Washington Post

It may be, as Anne Applebaum writes in The Atlantic, “time to prepare for a Ukrainian victory.”

Read more on Slate