How to Use standard time in a Sentence

standard time

noun

• Tonight: The sun sets at 5 p.m. on this first day of standard time.
  — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2021
• The mice who lived longest in the study ate from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., standard time.
  — Dallas News, 7 July 2022
• That, of course, is the shift from daylight to standard time.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2020
• The ones that differ from the standard time are marked below in bold.
  — The Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2021
• Close by was the 30% who wanted standard time all year around.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 12 Mar. 2022
• Hawaii and most of Arizona are on standard time year-round.
  — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Two states — Arizona and Hawaii — don’t change and stay on standard time.
  — Associated Press, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
• If the rivers run faster in the future on average, the clock will get ahead of standard time.
  — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2021
• The Uniform Time Act allows states to opt-out and stay in standard time all year.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2024
• This option would require the state to stay on standard time year round.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 8 Mar. 2019
• That gives most states about 7.5 months of daylight saving time and 4.5 months of standard time.
  — Brandon Holveck, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2020
• That's the first Sunday in November, and marks the return to standard time.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
• The four or so months between these dates observe what's known as standard time.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 8 Mar. 2019
• An hour of darkness is gained as states return to standard time.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
• They are then turned back to standard time on the first Sunday of November.
  — John Sharp, al, 28 Apr. 2021
• Serve chilled: With the end of summer and arrival of standard time, parklet dining has lost its charm.
  — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2020
• Arizona and Hawaii do not observe DST and stay on standard time all year long.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 9 Mar. 2021
• Clocks are set back one hour to standard time on the first Sunday of November.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 13 May 2021
• On the first Sunday of November, at 2 a.m., clocks fall back an hour to standard time.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• Georgia is one state that's in the process of enacting standard time year-round.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2021
• The hotel, which is on standard time, does little things like have one wall clock per time zone in the lobby.
  — Terry Tang, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2024
• Sunset time is just after 5 p.m. on this first day of standard time.
  — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
• States either have to change the clocks at a specified time or stick with standard time throughout the year.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023
• Most areas will stick to the standard time of 6-8 p.m. on Oct. 31, but a few cities and villages will deviate.
  — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• Sunrise came after the start of the school day in midwinter, and that fall U.S. returned to standard time.
  — Melody Gutierrez, SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2018
• Proponents of staying on standard time year-round say the same thing.
  — The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2022
• Hawaii and most of Arizona decided to adopt just standard time more than 50 years ago.
  — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2020
• Many Alabamians have a tough time adjusting to the switch to standard time.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 Nov. 2021
• So why don't states that feel so strongly about ending time changes just enact permanent standard time?
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
• States are allowed to have permanent standard time, which Hawaii, the non-Navajo parts of Arizona and some territories do.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024