How to Use time zone in a Sentence

time zone

noun
  • The White House wants the moon to have its own time zone.
    Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Not too far to the east, not too far to the west in that time zone.
    NBC News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • All of the teams in Japan play in the same time zone and the trips are shorter.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • Well, live in the East Coast time zone, maybe, but not here on the West Coast.
    oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The law set the boundaries for the various time zones in the U.S.
    Anna Gordon, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The Steelers play all 17 games in the Eastern time zone.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
  • There are six time zones in the United States alone, and more than 24 in the world.
    Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The islands are on their own time zone, half an hour ahead of the mainland.
    Hillary Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
  • Still, the pop star found time to support her man from six time zones away across the pond.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • Your next hotel’s concierge might not be in the same time zone as your room.
    Alina Dizik, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2022
  • There’s not one right or wrong way to adjust to your new time zone.
    Bobby Laurie, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In the Mountain time zone, the preshow will air at 5 p.m. and the program itself starts at 6 p.m.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Those are the last games the Kraken will play in the Eastern time zone until Jan. 27.
    Tim Reynolds, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • And a visit takes time, not just to get there, but also to adjust to the time zone.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The country is wider than the United States and straddles three time zones.
    Heather Chen, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But why in the outer world would a time zone for the moon be necessary?
    Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
  • One is a dual time zone and the other is a chronograph.
    Roberta Naas, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Look what would happen on the other edge of the Eastern time zone.
    NBC News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The two bonded over text messages and phone calls across time zones.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The time zone allows for prime-time television in the East Coast.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
  • Some of those require eight teams in the first season spread across at least two time zones.
    Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2023
  • And now our government wants to make it 8:00 in the Eastern time zone?
    James Brown, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Because of the time zone, Brophy gained an hour and made it within 15 minutes to the gym.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Players around the world get the same secret word to solve at midnight in their time zone.
    Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Be sure to check your local listings for your time zone.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 1 July 2022
  • And that Friday night game will be two time zones away for Cincinnati.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • The time zone difference from Asia worked against the U.S. broadcast, too.
    Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2024
  • In Nebraska, polls open 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. in the Central time zone and are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Mountain time zone.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Since the Olympics are in China, all events will be 13 hours ahead of local time in the Eastern time zone.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Under the Sunshine Act, Arizona would have remained in the same time zone as California.
    Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024

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