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pacific standard time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables
paci-fic -s-tan-dard- -time
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The time zone that encompasses the west coast of the United States, Baja California in Mexico, and formerly, British Columbia and Yukon in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March; it is eight hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-8).

Phrases

Atlantic Standard Time Central Standard Time Eastern Standard Time Mountain Standard Time

Frequently Paired Words

Atlantic Standard Time Central Standard Time Eastern Standard Time Mountain Standard Time Pacific Daylight Time

Synonyms

Pacific Time Zone Pacific Time PST

Questions

What does pacific standard time mean?
The time zone that encompasses the west coast of the United States, Baja California in Mexico, and formerly, British Columbia and Yukon in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March; it is eight hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-8).

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