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The civil time during winter months is standard time.
In contrast, the correct name for the civil time prevailing in most of North America from April to October is daylight saving time, not savings.
On other continents, this time shift is known as summer time.
When the name of the time zone is included, daylight saving time is shortened to daylight time and capitalized, with a corresponding initialism used as an abbreviation: e.g. Pacific Daylight Time or PDT.
Note: Usage is divided with regard to the use of capitals in the names of time zones. However, Canadian dictionaries and most Canadian style guides treat the official names of time zones as proper nouns and capitalize all words: Pacific Daylight Time and Pacific Standard Time.
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