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What is Zulu Time?

It's official name is Coordinated Universal Time or UTC. Previously it had been known as Greenwich Mean Time or GMT but this has been replaced with UTC.

Check out these Web sites for more information.

 ·  Military & Civilian Time Designations From A - Z
Greenwich 2000®
 ·  What Time Is It? U.S. Naval Observatory
 ·  Standard Time Zone Conversions U.S. Naval Observatory
 ·  Here's a Web page that shows "Zulu" conversions for all the US time zones but in a different format.
Daylight Saving Time
 ·  When does Daylight Saving Time/Standard Time begin?
Includes a calendar of dates, explanation and history. (note that it's "saving" time and not "savings" time)
 ·  Information about the Current Daylight Saving Time (DST) Rules
From the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Time and Frequency Division.
Sunrise & Sunset
 ·  Sunrise and Sunset Times for Nashville
Moon Phase
 ·  Current phase of the moon
U.S. Naval Observatory
 ·  Phases of the Moon--Dates
U.S. Naval Observatory
 ·  Full Moon Dates--Old Farmer's Almanac
 ·  Think you know the definition of a "Blue Moon?" Better think again! Check out the real definition in What's a Blue Moon? from Sky and Telescope Magazine.
 ·  An earlier article in Sky and Telescope Magazine gives still another explanation and has some interesting "facts." Check out Once in a Blue Moon.
Miscellaneous
 ·  The Green Flash
 ·  FAQs Page at the Time & Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
   

 

 

Here's another real time "ticking" clock.
Requires a Java enabled browser.
The Official U.S. Time (Central Time)
Provided by
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
and
U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO)


Zulu Conversion Chart
Central Time Zone

Zulu
Time
(UTC)
Central
Standard
Time
(CST)
- 6:00
Central
Daylight
Saving
Time
(CDT)
- 5:00
00 6 PM 7 PM
01 7 8
02 8 9
03 9 10
04 10 11
05 11 12 Midnight
06 12 Midnight 1 AM
07 1 AM 2
08 2 3
09 3 4
10 4 5
11 5 6
12 6 AM 7 AM
13 7 8
14 8 9
15 9 10
16 10 11
17 11 12 Noon
18 12 Noon 1 PM
19 1 PM 2
20 2 3
21 3 4
22 4 5
23 5 PM 6 PM
  = Previous Weekday (relative to Zulu time)
For example, when it's 00 Zulu Thursday morning it's still Wednesday in the Central Time Zone. The Central Time Zone is 6 hours behind Zulu time (during Standard Time).
00 Zulu (Thurs.) = 6 PM CST (Wed.).

 

Real-Time Zulu Clock
Zulu Time is also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
(from www.greenwichmeantime.com)


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