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Zulu Time


Muddasir Jamal 1190899
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Muddasir Jamal 1190899
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Hi I haven't before in my life calculated Zulu time and it was getting a bit confusing on the Websites.

 

So how much 1000z be in EST. (I live in NSW)

 

Thanks for anyone who helps.

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Trent Stevens 1028473
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8pm.

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Muddasir Jamal 1190899
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so how do you calculate it?

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Shannon Wells
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Uhhhh yes it is

 

AEST, Australian eastern standard time, often abbreviated to EST, is UTC +10, so Zulu, or UTC or GMT + 10 hours is Sydney time ( unless it's daylight savings..! )

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Muddasir Jamal 1190899
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Yeah so what do I add +10 to

 

To calculate the time,

 

(Please give an example)

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Darrol Larrok 1140797
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10 hours ahead. So, 1000Z is 2000 for you, 2000Z is 0600 for you

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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its +10. meaning you are 10 hours ahead of UTC.

 

so take your local time, in 24 hour format.

 

so for example 8pm EST = 2000 in 24 hour format

 

since you are ahead of UTC, you subtract that time. for us in the US, we add instead since we are behind UTC.

 

2000 - 1000 = 1000 UTC

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Muddasir Jamal 1190899
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So that means that 1000 Zulu would equal

 

1000-1000=0

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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no

 

8pm = 2000 in 24 hour format

+10 (10 hours ahead of UTC) = 1000 (add 2 digits)

 

2000 - 1000 = 1000z

 

another example

8pm = 2000

-4 (4 hours behind UTC) = 0400

 

2000 + 0400 = 0000z (the number 24 is not used, after 23 it goes to 0)

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Muddasir Jamal 1190899
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Oh I kinda get it.

 

1000z would equal

 

1000 + 1000 (because of +10 GMT)

 

=2000

 

20:00 = 8 pm

 

^^Is this correct^^

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Trent Stevens 1028473
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Yes.

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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if you wanted to get local from zulu yes, if you wanted to get zulu from local, do the opposite

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Sean Harrison
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Muddasir, also it may be handy to remember that at 10am in Qld it is midnight UTC.

 

So when the pub opens, it a new day.

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Muddasir Jamal 1190899
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Thanks for the help guys.

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Arthur Melton
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Hi,But if I was at Narita airport do I use Japanese local time to convert to Zulu or use my local time here in Australia,Thanks, still confused,Art

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Steven Cullen
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Zulu time is the same everywhere in the world. 23:00z in Sydney is still 23:00z in Tokyo, so if you take 11 hours from the current Sydney time (Sydney is currently in daylight savings) you will have your UTC time.

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Norman Blackburn
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Art,

 

Zulu time doesnt change, no matter where you are in the world. Simply use that.

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Sean Harrison
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Funny. Wife is telling me its only a 4hr flight from UAE to Italy. Doesn't help when the airlines give you local times on flight schedule.

 

Einstein was one the money with his theory of relativity.

Sean

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Ryan Easte
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Hi all, returning vpilot.

 

I'd like to share a pro tip some others may not be aware of to help with Time & Date issues. Depending on your version of windows (although most behave similarly you can add additional clocks rather simply. from there when you hover the mouse over the clock on your task bar you will see, as in my case "z time" set as an additional clock.

 

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Kind regards,

 

Ryan Easte YPPH

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Sean Harrison
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Nice work. Is that in settings?

 

Several versions ago, they had the Windows sidebar which was awesome with the ability to add all sorts of apps including time zones.

Sean

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