Atlantic Standard Time

noun

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

Example Sentences

Other systems in the Atlantic basin use Atlantic Standard Time.

From Fox News

Keeping Florida on daylight-saving time permanently would put it in sync with Nova Scotia on Atlantic Standard Time instead of with New York.

From Seattle Times

The efforts to join Atlantic Standard Time would mean that, for about four months out of the year, some New England states would be an hour ahead of the rest of the Eastern time zone.

From New York Times

That’s right: Eastern daylight saving time is actually the same thing as Atlantic Standard Time.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s currently midnight Atlantic Standard Time, which covers the islands in the immediate path of Irma.

From The Guardian