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Yukon Time

Yukon Time

7.2
Standard time in Yukon and parts of Alaska that is nine hours behind UTC
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːkɒn taɪm/
  • Archaic
translation icon : hora del Yukón
  • Yukon Time is one hour behind Pacific Standard Time.

Examples

  • The meeting is scheduled for 3 PM Yukon Time.

  • The region switched from Yukon Time to Pacific Time in the 1980s.

  • Television broadcasts were scheduled according to Yukon Time until the change.

  • What time is it in Yukon Time right now?

  • The meeting is scheduled for 3 PM Yukon Time.

  • The region switched from Yukon Time to Pacific Time in the 1980s.

  • Yukon Time is one hour behind Pacific Standard Time.

Synonyms

Alaska Standard Time
vsYukon Time
3.3

The time used in most of Alaska that is nine hours behind Greenwich Mean Time

is the time tied to the 135th meridian formerly used in a northern territory

Surface Forms

Yukon Time singular

Morphology

Yukon + time

This is a straightforward place-name + time construction: combining 'Yukon' (a region) with 'time' naturally denotes the local/standard time used in that region. Such formations (e.g. 'London time', 'Japan time') are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the meaning.

Etymology

Yukon Time comes from the Yukon territory in northern Canada, where towns set their clocks to a local standard so their time was 'one hour behind Pacific Time'. So Yukon Time means the local standard time used in that region, which you can remember as the time one hour behind Pacific Time.