Military time zone

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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 CCEB, 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.[1] The armed forces of Austria and many nations in NATO use it.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Description

Going east from the prime meridian at Greenwich, letters "Alfa"Template:Efn 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.[1]

Time zone name Degrees longitude Designation
letter		 Zone
description		 Offset
AlfaTemplate:Efn Time Zone 7.5 E to 22.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />A −1 UTC+01:00
Bravo Time Zone 22.5 E to 37.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />B −2 UTC+02:00
Charlie Time Zone 37.5 E to 52.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />C −3 UTC+03:00
Delta Time Zone 52.5 E to 67.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />D −4 UTC+04:00
Echo Time Zone 67.5 E to 82.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />E −5 UTC+05:00
Foxtrot Time Zone 82.5 E to 97.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />F −6 UTC+06:00
Golf Time Zone 97.5 E to 112.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />G −7 UTC+07:00
Hotel Time Zone 112.5 E to 127.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />H −8 UTC+08:00
India Time ZoneTemplate:Efn 127.5 E to 142.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />I −9 UTC+09:00
Kilo Time Zone 142.5 E to 157.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />K −10 UTC+10:00
Lima Time Zone 157.5 E to 172.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />L −11 UTC+11:00
Mike Time Zone 172.5 E to 180 <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />M −12 UTC+12:00
November Time Zone 7.5 W to 22.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />N +1 or −13 UTC−01:00 UTC+13:00
Oscar Time Zone 22.5 W to 37.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />O +2 UTC−02:00
Papa Time Zone 37.5 W to 52.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />P +3 UTC−03:00
Quebec Time ZoneTemplate:Efn 52.5 W to 67.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />Q +4 UTC−04:00
Romeo Time Zone 67.5 W to 82.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />R +5 UTC−05:00
Sierra Time Zone 82.5 W to 97.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />S +6 UTC−06:00
Tango Time Zone 97.5 W to 112.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />T +7 UTC−07:00
Uniform Time Zone 112.5 W to 127.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />U +8 UTC−08:00
Victor Time Zone 127.5 W to 142.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />V +9 UTC−09:00
Whiskey Time Zone 142.5 W to 157.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />W +10 UTC−10:00
X-ray Time Zone 157.5 W to 172.5 W <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />X +11 UTC−11:00
Yankee Time Zone 172.5 W to 180 <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />Y +12 UTC−12:00
Zulu Time Zone 7.5 W to 7.5 E <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />Z 0 UTC+00:00

The letter "J" ("Juliet"), originally skipped, may be used to indicate the observer's local time.[2] The letter 'L' was previously misidentified in some editions of U.S. Army publications, such as FM 5-0,[3] 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,[4] 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.[1]

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,[1] but UTC has superseded GMT as a more precise time standard,[5] so the time offsets are commonly understood as UTC.[6][7]

History

Sandford Fleming devised a system assigning the letters A–Y excluding J to 1-hour time zones, which may have been the inspiration for the system.[8]

The standard was first distributed by NATO as a note in 1950. The note states "This method is based on the systems in use in the Armed Forces of these countries and the United States".[9] The British used a system of lettered zones, which was likely the direct influence.[10]Template:Bsn

RFC 733 published in 1977 allowed using military time zones in the <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />Date: field of emails.[11] RFC 1233 in 1989 noted that the signs of the offsets were specified as opposite the common convention (e.g. A=UTC−1 instead of A=UTC+1),[12] and the use of military time zones in emails was deprecated in RFC 2822 in 2001. It is recommended to ignore such designations and treat all such time designations as UTC unless out-of-band information is present.[13]

See also

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References

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