ASHRAE Terminology

A Comprehensive Glossary of Terms for the Built Environment
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true solar time

local standard time adjusted by the equation of time (determined from an astronomical almanac) and the longitude correction (four times the difference between the standard longitude of the observer’s time zone and the observer’s actual longitude). A time reference used to compute the apparent position of the sun.