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Military time zone
The military time zones are a standardized, uniform set of time zones for expressing time across different regions of the world, named after the NATO phonetic alphabet. The Zulu time zone (Z) is equivalent to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and is often referred to as the military time zone. The military time zone system ensures clear communication in a concise manner, and avoids confusion when coordinating across time zones. The Combined Communications-Electronics Board, representing the armed forces of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, publishes the military time zone system as the ACP 121 standard. The armed forces of Austria and many nations in NATO use it.[citation needed]
Going east from the prime meridian at Greenwich, letters "Alfa" to "Mike" (skipping "J", see below) represent the 12 time zones with positive UTC offsets until reaching the international Date Line. Going west from Greenwich, letters "November" to "Yankee" represent zones with negative offsets.
The letters are typically used in conjunction with military time. For example, 6:00 a.m. in zone UTC−5 is written "0600R" and spoken "zero six hundred Romeo".
The numeric zone description or "plus and minus system" indicates the correction which must be applied to the time as expressed in order to convert to UTC. For example, the zone description for the Romeo time zone is +5. Therefore, adding 5 hours to 0600R produces the time in UTC, 1100Z.
The letter "J" ("Juliett"), originally skipped, may be used to indicate the observer's local time. The letter "L" was previously misidentified in some editions of U.S. Army publications, such as FM 5-0, as representing "Local" time, which conflicted with its established use for the Lima time zone (UTC+11). This error has been rectified in the latest edition of FM 5-0, released in May 2022, which no longer includes this incorrect usage. "LT" may instead be used to denote local time.
The letter "N" is also used to designate zone −13; this is to provide for a ship in zone −12 keeping Daylight Saving Time.
The letter "Z" ("Zulu") indicates Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
The ACP 121 standard actually refers to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as the base time standard, but UTC has superseded GMT as a more precise time standard, so the time offsets are commonly understood as UTC.
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Military time zone
The military time zones are a standardized, uniform set of time zones for expressing time across different regions of the world, named after the NATO phonetic alphabet. The Zulu time zone (Z) is equivalent to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and is often referred to as the military time zone. The military time zone system ensures clear communication in a concise manner, and avoids confusion when coordinating across time zones. The Combined Communications-Electronics Board, representing the armed forces of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, publishes the military time zone system as the ACP 121 standard. The armed forces of Austria and many nations in NATO use it.[citation needed]
Going east from the prime meridian at Greenwich, letters "Alfa" to "Mike" (skipping "J", see below) represent the 12 time zones with positive UTC offsets until reaching the international Date Line. Going west from Greenwich, letters "November" to "Yankee" represent zones with negative offsets.
The letters are typically used in conjunction with military time. For example, 6:00 a.m. in zone UTC−5 is written "0600R" and spoken "zero six hundred Romeo".
The numeric zone description or "plus and minus system" indicates the correction which must be applied to the time as expressed in order to convert to UTC. For example, the zone description for the Romeo time zone is +5. Therefore, adding 5 hours to 0600R produces the time in UTC, 1100Z.
The letter "J" ("Juliett"), originally skipped, may be used to indicate the observer's local time. The letter "L" was previously misidentified in some editions of U.S. Army publications, such as FM 5-0, as representing "Local" time, which conflicted with its established use for the Lima time zone (UTC+11). This error has been rectified in the latest edition of FM 5-0, released in May 2022, which no longer includes this incorrect usage. "LT" may instead be used to denote local time.
The letter "N" is also used to designate zone −13; this is to provide for a ship in zone −12 keeping Daylight Saving Time.
The letter "Z" ("Zulu") indicates Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
The ACP 121 standard actually refers to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as the base time standard, but UTC has superseded GMT as a more precise time standard, so the time offsets are commonly understood as UTC.