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Definition of Alaska Standard Time
1. Noun. Standard time in the 9th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 135th meridian west; used in Hawaii and most of Alaska.
Definition of Alaska Standard Time
1. Proper noun. the time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of Alaska. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alaska Standard Time
Literary usage of Alaska Standard Time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alaska by Anne Hart (2000)
"Most of Alaska follows Alaska Standard Time, GMT-9. The rest—the westernmost
Aleutian Islands and St Lawrence Island follow Hawaii- Aleutian Standard Time, ..."
2. Physiography for High Schools by Albert Llewellyn Arey, Frank Laverne Bryant, William Wallace Clendenin, William Thomas Morrey (1911)
"In Alaska, standard time is nine hours slower than Greenwich time. El Paso, Texas,
has the peculiar condition of having four different systems of time in ..."
3. The Anderson Arithmetic by Robert Franklin Anderson (1921)
"In addition to these four meridians, the meridian of 150° W. has been established
the time meridian of Alaska standard time. By how many degrees of ..."
4. Report of the Eighth International Geographic Congress, Held in the United (1905)
"For Sitka, Alaska standard time, longitude 135° west. For the Hawaiian Islands,
Hawaiian standard time, longitude 157^" west. ..."
5. Cruising Alaska: A Traveler's Guide to Cruising Alaskan Waters & Discovering by Larry H. Ludmer (2001)
"... for a small part of the Aleutian Island chain in the extreme southwestern
portion of the state not visited by cruise ships) is on Alaska Standard Time. ..."
6. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"The danger to airline traffic posed by airborne ash was exemplified on 15 December
at li :45 Alaska Standard Time, when a Boeing 747 jet flew into an ash ..."
7. Bulletin of the American Bureau of Geography by American Bureau of Geography. (1901)
"This belt is called the Intercolonial Standard Time belt. The American railways
of Alaska use Alaska Standard Time, based upon the ..."
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