n. — especially Newfoundland
the time zone in Newfoundland and parts of Labrador.
Type: 1. Origin — The importance of the name Newfoundland Time and its derivatives (see links) is best illustrated by the original discussion in the 1910 quotation (how to name the new time zone), the 1963 governmental move, opposed by the people, to move to Atlantic Time (the time zone of the Maritimes) and the 1987 pragmatic reasoning for Newfoundland Time (see the respective quotations). Newfoundland Time is 3.5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time in the winter from the second Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March.