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Definition of Eastern standard time
1. Noun. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States.
Definition of Eastern standard time
1. Proper noun. The timezone that encompasses the East coast of the United States, and parts of Canada during the winter, it is five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastern Standard Time
Literary usage of Eastern standard time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mathematical Geography by Willis Ernest Johnson (1907)
"eastern standard time. According to the system all cities approximately within 7J°
... This belt, about 15° wide, is called the eastern standard time belt. ..."
2. A New Astronomy by David Peck Todd (1906)
"As Eastern Standard time is five hours slower than Greenwich time, evidently
Japan is 10 hours west of our standard meridian ; and its standard time would ..."
3. Graded Work in Arithmetic by Samuel Wesley Baird (1901)
"The time of the Eastern section is known as eastern standard time. It is the true
local time of the 75th meridian west of Greenwich ..."
4. Arithmetic by Grades for Inductive Teaching, Drilling and Testing by John Tilden Prince (1894)
"The standard time of this section, called the eastern standard time, ... How many
hours is Central standard time later than eastern standard time ? ..."
5. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1908)
"This was received by Ladenburg, Thalman & Co. at 1:12 PM eastern standard time.
Upon receiving the deposit of the Andrews check indorsed by defendants, ..."
6. International Marketing Resource Guide by William A. Delphos, DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... Kong (UK) pH 12 time zones ahead of eastern standard time H| 13 time zones
ahead of eastern standard time H114 time zones ahead of eastern standard time ..."
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