local time

noun

The official time in a particular region or time zone.

“The race starts at 15.00 local time on Saturday.”

Meanings

nounlocal time (countable and uncountable, plural local times)

plural local times

  1. countableuncountableThe official time in a particular region or time zone.

    The race starts at 15.00 local time on Saturday.

    1 more example

    Had I travelled the same route by train (the Trans-Siberian Express, say), it would have taken me a week to get there - enough time to notice that the clocks at all the stations along the way (as well as at all other stations in the totalitarian USSR) stubbornly stuck to Moscow Time. […] That bizarre arrangement, convenient for the compilers of train timetables but highly confusing for everyone else, was in force until the early 2000s, when railway stations across Russia finally adopted local times, like everywhere else in the world.

    2025 November 12, Vitali Vitaliev, “Time travelling”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 68
  2. countableuncountablebroadcastingSynonym of station time.

    Synonyms: station time

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of station time.

Broader

More synonyms by meaning

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

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 當地時間 /当地时间, 本地時間 /本地时间
  • 當地時間 /当地时间 (dāngdì shíjiān)official time in a particular region or time zone
  • 本地時間 /本地时间 (běndì shíjiān)official time in a particular region or time zone
Finnish paikallinen aika, paikallisaika
  • paikallinen aikaofficial time in a particular region or time zone
  • paikallisaikaofficial time in a particular region or time zone
German Ortszeit
  • Ortszeitofficial time in a particular region or time zone
Hungarian helyi idő
  • helyi időofficial time in a particular region or time zone
Russian ме́стное вре́мя
  • ме́стное вре́мя (méstnoje vrémja)official time in a particular region or time zone
Spanish hora local
  • hora localofficial time in a particular region or time zone
Swedish lokaltid
  • lokaltidofficial time in a particular region or time zone
Cite this entry
APA

local time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20time

MLA

“local time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20time. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “local time,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20time.

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