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central daylight time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
cen-tral -day-light -time
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of the Midwest and the southern part of the United States, and Manitoba, the western third of northern Ontario and the middle third of Nunavut in Canada from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, as well as the province of Saskatchewan in Canada and most states of Mexico year-round; it is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-5), and one hour ahead of Central Standard Time.

Phrases

Alaska Daylight Time Atlantic Daylight Time Eastern Daylight Time Mountain Daylight Time Newfoundland Daylight Time Pacific Daylight Time

Frequently Paired Words

Alaska Daylight Time Atlantic Daylight Time Eastern Daylight Time Mountain Daylight Time Newfoundland Daylight Time Pacific Daylight Time

Synonyms

CDT

Questions

What does central daylight time mean?
The time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of the Midwest and the southern part of the United States, and Manitoba, the western third of northern Ontario and the middle third of Nunavut in Canada from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, as well as the province of Saskatchewan in Canada and most states of Mexico year-round; it is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-5), and one hour ahead of Central Standard Time.

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