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start time vs starting time

Both 'start time' and 'starting time' are correct, commonly used in English, and can be used interchangeably to refer to the time something begins. The choice between the two depends on personal preference or the specific context in which they are used.
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start time

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

It refers to the specific time at which an event, activity, or process begins.

Examples:

  • The start time of the meeting is 9:00 AM.
  • Please arrive at the start time to ensure you don't miss anything.
  • Aug 17, 2021 ... A simple toggle or checkbox to switch between 'start time' and 'due time' display would make the calendar more useful at a glance.
  • May 3, 2023 ... Date Column - Start Time & End Time ; Terry.Heard (Terry Heard) May 3, 2023, 11:22pm ; GiannisKoukounas (Giannis Koukounas) May 4, 2023, 8:25am ...
  • Aug 16, 2021 ... All the fields are filled correctly, but it still shows end time and not start time on the calendar. We wanted to have the Asana calendar view ...
  • Jun 15, 2022 ... Hello, I have been trying to include timezone for meeting start time and for some reason I have been getting inaccurate start time being ...
  • Nov 10, 2023 ... So, uh, why did Loki start time slipping in the first place? Question. I don't get it. At the beginning of this season, out of nowhere, Loki ...
  • May 10, 2023 ... Hello everyone, I want to create a database where I can store the start date, end date, start time, and end time for an event.
  • Posted May 15, 2022 · Schedule a print start time? Would love this feature for my S5, I can't find any reference for it so I assume it doesn't exist yet.
  • Apr 3, 2024 ... 24h nurburgring start time and watch options ... Hello, I'm new to this sub but not new to screwing up time zone differences with international ...
  • Apr 11, 2023 ... I have a long-running Schedule that exports data every hour by triggering a Workflow, and would like to pass to the Workflow the start time of the current ...
  • Feb 1, 2024 ... The warning (it's not an error) has a link to the documentation to the parameter needed to configure the maintenance window start time to make ...

Alternatives:

  • beginning time
  • commencement time
  • initial time
  • kickoff time
  • launch time

starting time

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

It also refers to the time at which something begins, similar to 'start time'.

Examples:

  • The starting time of the movie is 7:30 PM.
  • We need to confirm the starting time of the event.
  • The meaning of STARTING TIME is the time when something begins. How to use starting time in a sentence.
  • Feb 18, 2024 ... Starting time? Help. So according to the wiki guide, you should be able to do the first journey on monday right after spawning, correct? But ...
  • 6 days ago ... STARTING TIME definition: 1. the planned time for starting an official activity: 2. the planned time for starting an…. Learn more.
  • Sep 16, 2022 ... Automatically Stop Time Tracking Column on Line Item when Starting Time Tracking on New Line Item · Feature requests · timetracking, columns ...
  • Sep 29, 2023 ... Then I looked at my other rides and it seems like all my Zwift rides (more then 100 over the last year) got a starting time 2 hours earlier. No ...
  • Jun 27, 2019 ... Veeam Community discussions and solutions for: Backup Copy - wrong starting time? of VMware vSphere.
  • Oct 19, 2022 ... Increments of Time with a set starting time. I'm trying to make myself a schedule with time slots. Schedule starts at 8:45 am, and the time ...
  • ... starting time bias as “Starting time bias. The failure to identify a common starting time for exposure or illness may lead to systematic misclassification.
  • May 26, 2013 ... Specify starting time of track within URL for SoundCloud? ... Anyone know if there's a way to generate URL's for SoundCloud tracks that specify a ...
  • Aug 3, 2020 ... ... starting time for each chirp. Can I please request further guidance on how to do this. I actually want to randomize the transmitted chirps ...

Alternatives:

  • beginning time
  • commencement time
  • initial time
  • kickoff time
  • launch time

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