MILITARY TIME ZONES
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The armed forces of many nations give letters to time zones, where Z (Zulu) = Zero meridian (UTC or GMT). Other letters/words are used for other timezones. A to M go eastwards and N to Y go westwards. The letter J is omitted. |
| Code | Word | Offset | For example |
| Y | Yankee | UTC -12 hours | Pacific Ocean nations |
| X | Xray | UTC -11 hours | Pacific Ocean nations |
| W | Whisky | UTC -10 hours | Hawaii |
| V | Victor | UTC -9 hours | Alaska, Yukon |
| U | Uniform | UTC -8 hours | PST, Pacific USA, British Columbia |
| T | Tango | UTC -7 hours | MST, Mountain USA, Alberta |
| S | Sierra | UTC -6 hours | CST, Central USA, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Central America |
| R | Romeo | UTC -5 hours | EST, Eastern USA, Ontario, Quebec |
| Q | Quebec | UTC -4 hours | Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia |
| P | Papa | UTC -3 hours | Greenland |
| O | Oscar | UTC -2 hours | Cape Verde |
| N | November | UTC -1 hour | Atlantic Ocean |
| Z | Zulu | same as UTC | Britain, Ireland, Portugal, Western Africa |
| A | Alpha | UTC +1 hour | Western Europe, Algeria, Nigeria, Angola |
| B | Bravo | UTC +2 hours | Finland, Eastern Europe, Balkans, Libya, Egypt, South Africa |
| C | Charlie | UTC +3 hours | Moscow, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania |
| D | Delta | UTC +4 hours | Samara (Russia) |
| E | Echo | UTC +5 hours | Yekaterinburg (Russia) |
| F | Foxtrot | UTC +6 hours | Omsk (Russia), Bangladesh |
| G | Golf | UTC +7 hours | Krasnoyarsk (Russia), Western Indonesia |
| H | Hotel | UTC +8 hours | Irkutsk (Russia), China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Central Indonesia, Western Australia |
| I | India | UTC +9 hours | Yakutsk (Russia), Korea, Japan, Eastern Indonesia |
| K | Kilo | UTC +10 hours | Vladivostok (Russia), Papua New Guinea, Eastern Australia |
| L | Lima | UTC +11 hours | Magadan (Russia) |
| M | Mike | UTC +12 hours | Kamchatka (Russia), Fiji, New Zealand |
