List of military time zones
Encyclopedia
This is a list of time zone
names based on the NATO phonetic alphabet as used by the U.S. military
and others. The letter J ("Juliet") is used to indicate the observer's local time.
The use of Military TimeZones for the Internet is described in RFC 822 ^, which can be found on IETF.org.
Time zone
A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
names based on the NATO phonetic alphabet as used by the U.S. military
Military of the United States
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.The United States has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military...
and others. The letter J ("Juliet") is used to indicate the observer's local time.
The use of Military TimeZones for the Internet is described in RFC 822 ^, which can be found on IETF.org.
Time zone name | Letter | UTC Universal Time Universal Time is a time scale based on the rotation of the Earth. It is a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time , i.e., the mean solar time on the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, and GMT is sometimes used loosely as a synonym for UTC... offset |
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Yankee Time Zone | Y | UT1−12 |
X-ray Time Zone | X | UT1−11 |
Whiskey Time Zone | W | UT1−10 |
Victor Time Zone | V | UT1−09 |
Uniform Time Zone | U | UT1−08 |
Tango Time Zone | T | UT1−07 |
Sierra Time Zone | S | UT1−06 |
Romeo Time Zone | R | UT1−05 |
Quebec Time Zone | Q | UT1−04 |
Papa Time Zone | P | UT1−03 |
Oscar Time Zone | O | UT1−02 |
November Time Zone | N | UT1−01 |
Zulu Time Zone | Z | UT1±00 |
Alfa Time Zone | A | UT1+01 |
Bravo Time Zone | B | UT1+02 |
Charlie Time Zone | C | UT1+03 |
Delta Time Zone | D | UT1+04 |
Echo Time Zone | E | UT1+05 |
Foxtrot Time Zone | F | UT1+06 |
Golf Time Zone | G | UT1+07 |
Hotel Time Zone | H | UT1+08 |
India Time Zone | I | UT1+09 |
Kilo Time Zone | K | UT1+10 |
Lima Time Zone | L | UT1+11 |
Mike Time Zone | M | UT1+12 |