2021年11月16日 · PT = Pacific Time = a general reference to the time zone, which alternates between PDT and PST depending on the time of year. Colloquially, people seem to like using PST and PT interchangeably, and will still (IMO, incorrectly) refer to times as PST even when daylight savings time is in effect and Pacific Time is UTC-7.

"Time is up" seems to refer to time as a certain deadline that has been reached. So when one says that the time to submit applications is over, it means that the opportunity to submit an application is missed, and when one says that the time is up, it means that you should submit your application ASAP, since it is your last chance.

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2010年12月16日 · On-time delivery is our goal. On-time flight departures were up 10%. On-time performance is an important ingredient. However, if you're using the phrase on time as an adverb to describe when the verb is going to happen, the hyphen is not appropriate. For example: We will deliver your package on time. Your flight will depart on time.

2013年5月17日 · From the time 01:00:00 to the time 02:34:56 is a duration of 1 hour, 34 minutes and 56 seconds (1h 34′ 56″) Prime markers start single and are multiplied for susbsequent appearances, so minutes use a single prime ′ and seconds use a double-prime ″.

2017年4月22日 · In the first sentence time refers to the amount of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years, decades, centuries, millennia and so on. This noun is uncountable. In example (2) times refers to the number of occurrences. The number of instances that something happened. This is the same type of time as in "I asked her three times". That question ...

"At this time" is thus normally used when referring to the present time, and "at that time" is used when referring to specific past or future times. HOWEVER, "this" can also be used to refer to something being discussed in the present context, even if …

2012年8月19日 · There seem to be three spellings: timezone, time-zone, and time zone. The Oxford English Dictionary defines time-zone,[^1] but curiously, also uses the time zone spelling.[^2] At the same time, timezone is the favored spelling in the US (unless talking about multiple time zones).[^3]

2021年1月11日 · Note, how "real time" is a noun, whereas "real-time" is an adjective. Looking at the Google Ngrams Viewer: Interesting to note that "real-time" doesn't seem to appear much in books, but perhaps the reason is because it was coined to describe computing, and hence may be used a lot on the internet, but not in books.

Telling time is undergoing a major change, due to the widespread use of digital clocks. When looking at an analog clock (with a dial face, hour and minute hands), the use of "past" and "til" come naturally. Furthermore, the use of approximate time, usually to the nearest 5 minutes, is also convenient.