Simviation Forum - Zulu Time

Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 1:16pm

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Hello everyone!

I have a question that has been bugging me in the past few days. How can I turn my local time to Zulu time? and what is GMT time? Thanks. (US Eastern Coast, Daylight Savings time)

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Reply #1 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 1:20pm

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Hey dude....GMT is Greenwich Mean Time. Basically it's the time in England. The reason for this is to set a standard time that everyone can use worldwide.

Here on the east coast (I'm in NY), we're GMT-4 (so if it's noon there, it's 8AM here)...we do change at one point so that we're five hours behind (GMT-5), but I never remember when that is.

As for zulu, I don't THINK it's the same as GMT, but I could be mistaken. There's a thread about 2 weeks back that addresses this very issue.

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Reply #2 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 1:31pm

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I believe ZULU, GMT, UTC, ect all mean the same

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Reply #3 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 1:35pm

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See?

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Reply #4 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 2:12pm

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hyperion, its almost always 5 hours between UK time and eastern time, the only time it isnt is when the clocks go forward and back at differant times and even then its only a few days that they arnt 5 hours differant

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Reply #5 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 2:20pm

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Maybe this link will help. They seem to know what they're talking about http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/questions/zulutime.html

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Reply #6 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 2:26pm

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Reply #7 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 3:07pm

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Link does work Sad

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Reply #8 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 3:11pm

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OK it just did but it doesn't explain how to turn eveyrthing to normal.......OK it is 3:13 right now, what is that in Zulu time? 1113?

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Reply #9 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 3:25pm

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Okay, if I'm understanding this correctly:

It's 3:13 PM ET...that means it's 8:13 PM in England.

That would make it 2013 GMT.

GMT and Zulu time being the same, that means that if it's 3:13 here, it's 2013 Zulu.

3:13 would be 1513, Zulu would be 2013.

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Reply #10 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 3:37pm

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by the way, zulu time uses a 24 hour base (also known as military time), not 12 hours. 8:00 pm would be 2000.

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Reply #11 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 3:53pm

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Reply #12 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 4:16pm

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huh? I thought I was -5 hours now because of Daylights TIme, would it be 3-5 would -10 which is 10 AM which is 1013 GMT, which is 1013 Zulu time?

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Reply #13 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 5:01pm

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Okay, right now it's 1701 EDT (that's US eastern time w/ daylight savings), which translates to 2101 GMT, which also translates to 2101 Zulu. Right now under DST, we're -4 hours GMT

When the eastern coast no longer observes Daylight Savings Time, we're back to -5 GMT. GMT(Zulu) does not observe DST.

Hope that helps.

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Reply #14 - Jul 22^nd, 2003 at 5:11pm

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but you are adding 4, instead of subtracting 4, which would be 00 hours military which would be 0001 Zulu......I am so lost ???

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