Military/NATO/Letter time zones

The following table lists the Military time zone abbreviations, click on the time zone links for more information about individual time zones and where they are used.

The basis for this is Z - Zulu time - Zero meridian time - the same as UTC It's a convention to assign letters to time zones, where Z= Zero meridian, and Zulu is the word that represents the letter Z, when it's used in communication. It is sometimes used in the US Military and NATO in conjunction with 24 hour clocks, and is also popular to use in movies to reference time.

Other letters/words are used for other time zones than UTC, most based on the right or reverse order of the Alphabet. Note that 'J' is skipped ('J' - Juliet refers to current local time of the observer). There are 25 time zones defined here, but 26 letters in the English alphabet.

Abbreviation	Full name	Time zone
Z	Zulu Time Zone	UTC
Y	Yankee Time Zone	UTC - 12 hours
X	X-ray Time Zone	UTC - 11 hours
W	Whiskey Time Zone	UTC - 10 hours
V	Victor Time Zone	UTC - 9 hours
U	Uniform Time Zone	UTC - 8 hours
T	Tango Time Zone	UTC - 7 hours
S	Sierra Time Zone	UTC - 6 hours
R	Romeo Time Zone	UTC - 5 hours
Q	Quebec Time Zone	UTC - 4 hours
P	Papa Time Zone	UTC - 3 hours
O	Oscar Time Zone	UTC - 2 hours
N	November Time Zone	UTC - 1 hour
A	Alpha Time Zone	UTC + 1 hour
B	Bravo Time Zone	UTC + 2 hours
C	Charlie Time Zone	UTC + 3 hours
D	Delta Time Zone	UTC + 4 hours
E	Echo Time Zone	UTC + 5 hours
F	Foxtrot Time Zone	UTC + 6 hours
G	Golf Time Zone	UTC + 7 hours
H	Hotel Time Zone	UTC + 8 hours
I	India Time Zone	UTC + 9 hours
K	Kilo Time Zone	UTC + 10 hours
L	Lima Time Zone	UTC + 11 hours
M	Mike Time Zone	UTC + 12 hours

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