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Pacific Daylight Time

Pacific Daylight Time proper noun: the time zone that encompasses the West Coast of the United States and Baja California in Mexico from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, and the province of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon in Canada year-round; it is seven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-7), and one hour ahead of Pacific Standard Time.

pacific daylight time: the time zone that encompasses the West Coast of the United States and Baja California in Mexico...
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Proper noun

Pacific Daylight Time

  1. The time zone that encompasses the West Coast of the United States and Baja California in Mexico from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, and the province of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon in Canada year-round; it is seven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-7), and one hour ahead of Pacific Standard Time.
    Synonyms:
    PDT

Synonyms of Pacific Daylight Time

Questions about Pacific Daylight Time

What does Pacific Daylight Time mean?
Pacific Daylight Time means the time zone that encompasses the West Coast of the United States and Baja California in Mexico from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, and the province of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon in Canada year-round; it is seven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-7), and one hour ahead of Pacific Standard Time.
What part of speech is Pacific Daylight Time?
Pacific Daylight Time is a proper noun.

Words near Pacific Daylight Time in the dictionary

  1. Pacific bonito
  2. Pacific bonitos
  3. Pacific County
  4. Pacific crabapple
  5. Pacific Crest
  6. Pacific Daylight Time
  7. Pacific dewberries
  8. Pacific dewberry
  9. Pacific diver
  10. Pacific divers
  11. Pacific Grove

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