Atlantic time

American  

noun

1. standard time

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Etymology

Origin of Atlantic time

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?

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2024

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.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

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.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

More specifically, they don’t like winter’s early sunsets and want the state to move east into the Atlantic time zone.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2017

Atlantic time, on the afternoon of the 9th, the world was electrified by the report of the landing of invaders in the United States.

From The Fire People by Cummings, Ray