civil time

/ˌsɪvɪl taɪm/

Other forms: civil times

Definitions of civil time

1. noun

   the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom
   synonyms: local time, standard time

   types:

   Atlantic Standard Time, Atlantic Time

   standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 60th meridian; used in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime Provinces

   EST, Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time

   standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

   CST, Central Standard Time, Central Time

   standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States

   MST, Mountain Standard Time, Mountain Time

   standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west; used in the mountain states of the United States

   PST, Pacific Standard Time, Pacific Time

   standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States

   Alaska Standard Time, Yukon Time

   standard time in the 9th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 135th meridian west; used in Hawaii and most of Alaska

   Hawaii Standard Time, Hawaii Time

   standard time in the 10th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 150th meridian west; used in Hawaii and the western Aleutian Islands

   Bering Standard Time, Bering Time

   standard time in the 11th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 165th meridian west; used in the Midway Islands

   type of:

   time

   the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past