US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by cortesoft on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @12:29AM (#30695326)

Is there a standard abbreviation for "pacific time" that doesn't specify daylight or standard? When I am telling my coworkers when we are meeting, I only want to distinguish between pacific or mountain (our two office locations). I clearly mean to use the current time, based on the date, so I have no need to specify daylight or standard, and don't want to have to think about which one I am in.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by johnny22 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @01:41AM (#30695698)

I've seen people just say PT before, but i don't know how standard it is. Pretty sure even on broadcast tv stations when they say a program airs at 8pm ET/7pm CT

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by daveslash on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:06PM (#30702027)

Agreed. I don't know how "standard" it is, but it seems be common-enough parlance to be widely understood and avoids my pet peeve. :-). I agree, I see 8pm ET/7pm CT on television a lot (even while I'm in the PT!). I also often just spell out "Pacific Time" or "Eastern Time".

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