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'''Terran Standard Time''' (TST) is the system used throughout known space to keep time. It has canonically been described as "basically a renamed form of [[w:Greenwich Mean Time|Greenwich Mean Time]]".<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 251: "Daily Routine - Watch Cycles and Drills"</ref>
 
'''Terran Standard Time''' (TST) is the system used throughout known space to keep time. It has canonically been described as "basically a renamed form of [[w:Greenwich Mean Time|Greenwich Mean Time]]".<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 251: "Daily Routine - Watch Cycles and Drills"</ref>
  
It should not be confused with the distinct [[Terran Synchronized Time]], which is also abbreviated TST and describes a localized time measurement whereby a local "hour" is defined as 1/24th of the planetary day cycle (instead of a metric hour).
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It should not be confused with the distinct [[Terran Synchronized Time]], which is also abbreviated as TST and describes a localized time measurement whereby a local "hour" is defined as 1/24th of the planetary day cycle (instead of a metric hour).
  
 
[[ComStar]] (and presumably [[Star League]] [[Ministry of Communications (Star League)|Ministry of Communications]] before) would synchronize the time on various worlds via the [[HPG]] network.<ref>''Tactics of Duty'', ch. 3</ref>
 
[[ComStar]] (and presumably [[Star League]] [[Ministry of Communications (Star League)|Ministry of Communications]] before) would synchronize the time on various worlds via the [[HPG]] network.<ref>''Tactics of Duty'', ch. 3</ref>
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[One Man's Trash]]'' (short story)
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* ''[[One Man's Trash]]''
 
* ''[[Strategic Operations]]''
 
* ''[[Strategic Operations]]''
* ''[[Tactics of Duty]]'' (novel)
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* ''[[Tactics of Duty]]''
* ''[[Warrior: Riposte]]'' (novel)
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* ''[[Warrior: Riposte]]''
  
[[Category:Inner Sphere Culture]]
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[[Category:Miscellaneous]]

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