The phrase "before the closing time" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to any point in time prior to when a particular place closes. For example: "I managed to get to the store before the closing time to pick up a few things I needed."
He rarely gets home before the closing time of the laundromat opposite his Lower East Side apartment.
Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the box office closing one hour before the closing time.
Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the box office closing one hour before the closing time.
Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, New Year's Eve, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sunday and Monday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the box office closing one hour before the closing time.
Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the box office closing one hour before the closing time.
It was a perfect afternoon — each one was — and we mobilized early for our hike, nearly two hours before the closing time, which by that point had been embossed forever on our psyches.
The three most basic voting protections to remind voters are these: first, you have a right to view a sample ballot at the polling place before voting; second, if you are in line before the published closing time, you are entitled to cast a ballot; and third, if you have problems, you are still entitled to cast a provisional ballot.
Nor is there any great consumer pressure for longer shopping hours: many stores shut long before the legal closing time.
The stores were largely stripped of merchandise, shelves and other fittings and several branches shut before the official closing time.
Hundreds were waiting when officials announced at least two hours before the official closing time that they would stop letting people in.
A cash register drawer was pried open but nothing was stolen, as the register insert had been placed in the safe before closing time the night before.
