Good morning, everyone!
I thought grammar lovers and word nerds could get crazy about their peeves; little did I know that there is a huge group of haters out there who want to throat-punch people for saying “daylight savings time.” Dang, people! I love your enthusiasm, but who knew a little phrase would incite such a riot?
The other day I sent out the Chicago Manual of Style’s recommendations for time zones and abbreviations, but I think this excerpt from the JHA Branding Standards is more appropriate and better stated:
The following abbreviations and capitalizations are used for time zones at JHA:
CT for Central Time; ET for Eastern Time; and PT for Pacific Time. It is not necessary to indicate Standard or Daylight time in the time zone abbreviation. You may also use Central, Eastern, Mountain, and Pacific (note capitalization) in cases where using the abbreviation might be confusing in context.
For more on JHA’s companywide standards, go to JHA Today → Marketing → Marketing Library → JHA Corporate Standards.
Kara Church
Senior Technical Editor
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