{"id":162,"date":"2014-09-14T21:06:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T21:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/?p=162"},"modified":"2022-11-09T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T17:23:34","slug":"military-time-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/military-time-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Time Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"
The United States Military, Chinese Military, and many others across the globe use military time zones to help with planning. It is used to ensure standardization and effective communication across many different time zones. The names are based on the NATO phonetic alphabet<\/a>. The system was originally based on the works within the American Practical Navigator<\/a> published in 1802 by Nathaniel Bowditch.<\/p>\n The letter J, otherwise known as Juliet, was originally not included. Now it is used to identify the observer’s local time.
\nThe letter Z, otherwise known as Zulu, is used to describe the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or UTC.<\/p>\n
Zone<\/th>\n | Time Offset<\/th>\n | Major City<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
---|---|---|
Alpha<\/td>\n | UTC +1<\/td>\n | Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Bravo<\/td>\n | UTC +2<\/td>\n | Munich, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Charlie<\/td>\n | UTC +3<\/td>\n | Moscow, Russia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Delta<\/td>\n | UTC +4<\/td>\n | Dubai, United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Echo<\/td>\n | UTC +5<\/td>\n | New Delhi, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Foxtrot<\/td>\n | UTC +6<\/td>\n | Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Golf<\/td>\n | UTC +7<\/td>\n | Bangkok, Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Hotel<\/td>\n | UTC +8<\/td>\n | Hong Kong, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
India<\/td>\n | UTC +9<\/td>\n | Seoul, South Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Kilo<\/td>\n | UTC +10<\/td>\n | Melbourne, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Lima<\/td>\n | UTC +11<\/td>\n | Honiara, Solomon Islands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Mike<\/td>\n | UTC +12<\/td>\n | Auckland, New Zealand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
November<\/td>\n | UTC -1<\/td>\n | Praia, Cabo Verde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Oscar<\/td>\n | UTC -2<\/td>\n | Nuuk, Greenland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Papa<\/td>\n | UTC -3<\/td>\n | Sao Paulo, Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Quebec<\/td>\n | UTC -4<\/td>\n | Halifax, Nova Scotia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Romeo<\/td>\n | UTC -5<\/td>\n | Boston, MA United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Sierra<\/td>\n | UTC -6<\/td>\n | Austin, TX United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Tango<\/td>\n | UTC -7<\/td>\n | Phoenix, AZ United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Uniform<\/td>\n | UTC -8<\/td>\n | San Francisco, CA United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Victor<\/td>\n | UTC -9<\/td>\n | Juneau, AK United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Whiskey<\/td>\n | UTC -10<\/td>\n | Honolulu, HI United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
X-Ray<\/td>\n | UTC -11<\/td>\n | Nome, AK United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Yankee<\/td>\n | UTC -12<\/td>\n | Suva, Fiji<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
Zulu<\/td>\n | UTC<\/td>\n | Greenwich, United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The United States Military, Chinese Military, and many others across the globe use military time zones to help with planning. It is used to ensure standardization and effective communication across … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/military-time-zones-1.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/military-time-zones-1.png","author_info":{"display_name":"MilitaryTime Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/author\/securesite\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarytime.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |