Meanings
- The time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of Labrador and the Maritimes in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March, as well as the eastern part of Côte-Nord region of Quebec year-round; it is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-4).
Synonyms: Atlantic Time, Atlantic Standard Time Zone
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of Labrador and the Maritimes in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March, as well as the eastern part of Côte-Nord region of Quebec year-round; it is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-4).
More synonyms by meaning
nounstandard 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French heure normale de l'Atlantique
- heure normale de l'Atlantiquetime zone
Cite this entry
Atlantic Standard Time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20Standard%20Time
“Atlantic Standard Time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20Standard%20Time. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atlantic Standard Time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20Standard%20Time.
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