Atlantic Standard Time

British

noun

AST. the local time used in eastern Canada, four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time

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“All of New England should adopt Atlantic Standard Time, but we don’t have a New England legislature so we have to start somewhere,” Emswiler said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2016

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