How to Use local time in a Sentence

local time

noun
  • On Thursday, the GOP caucus hours are 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. local time.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Dickey was removed from the last exit of the cave at 12:37 a.m. local time.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The broadcast starts at 2 p.m. local time, 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m.
    Natalia Cano, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The crew was scheduled to land in Bodø just before 6 p.m. local time.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The train, which was traveling from the city of Leiden to The Hague, veered off track in the village of Voorschoten at 3:25 a.m. local time.
    Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The public on-sale for these shows is Friday at noon local time.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The general on-sale takes place on Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. local time.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Tickets for all shows will go on sale Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. local time.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Seavey, meanwhile, was out on the trail and, moose or no, led the race as of Thursday morning local time.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Tickets for all dates will go on sale at 10 a.m. (local time), Nov. 18.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The poster said that the moment was captured around 12:30 a.m. local time in their old house, a place where the windows don't open.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The Football Ferns play the Philippines next on Tuesday local time.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, Oct. 25 at 12PM local time at ticketmaster.com.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • With some matches starting at 10 p.m. local time, fans again will have to leave in the middle of the night for some games.
    Rory Jones, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Calls about a shooter in the food court came in at 6:05 p.m. local time, according to Ison.
    James Bikales, Washington Post, 18 July 2022
  • The London landmark rang its 12 bells at 4 p.m. local time, the same time as church bells were due to sound in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.
    NBC News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The quake had about a 30-mile depth and occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning local time.
    Abel Alvarado, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Tickets for the tour will go on sale next Friday, May 20, at 12 p.m. local time via Lamar’s site, Oklama.com.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2022
  • The fire was 0% contained as of 6 a.m. local time, according to Cal Fire.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2024
  • And props to the supportive crowd who watched the entire match until 1 a.m. local time in Paris.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 1 June 2022
  • Hamas had been expected to release the hostages at around 4 p.m. local time.
    WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The vigil will start at 5:30 p.m. local time at Monterey Park City Hall, the statement said.
    Leinz Vales, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Tickets are set to go on sale Friday, Feb. 23, at 10 a.m. local time at LiveNation.com.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Choi Boseong last texted his girlfriend about 9 p.m. local time.
    Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public on May 17 at 10 a.m. local time.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 10 May 2024
  • Tickets go on sale on Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. local time in each market.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
  • For the North American dates, tickets will go on sale April 5 at 10 a.m. local time.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Polls are open from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. local time Tuesday.
    Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2024
  • Abston is due back in court on Thursday at 9 a.m. local time, 10 a.m. ET.
    Fox News, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Over 20 million people from the Los Angeles area to the San Diego area are under a flood watch until 6 p.m. local time.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025

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