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EHM-1459 Jonny

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« on: December 13, 2004, 01:32:36 am »
What is zulu time; departure, arrival or GMT?

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Offline EHM-0948 Bruno

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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2004, 01:51:17 am »
ZULU time is GMT time. It is the time refering to Greenwich Meridian Time time.

"Greenwich, England has been the home of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) since 1884.  GMT is sometimes called Greenwich Meridian Time because it is measured from the Greenwich Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory  in Greenwich. " (Equals to ZULU)

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EHM-1538 Jen

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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2004, 01:57:36 am »
My understanding is that Zulu time is basically the same as GMT.  Zulu refers to the GMT time zone.  You then "step" alphabetically from time zone to time zone as you get further away from GMT.  For example, in the U.S. the time zones are Romeo (Eastern), Sierra (Central), Tango (Mountain), Uniform (Pacific),  Victor (Alaska), Whiskey (Hawaii).

Hopefully I'm explaining it correctly!!

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EHM-1538 Jen

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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2004, 01:59:15 am »
Oops... I was too slow...

What he said.

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Offline EHM-1358 Tim

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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2004, 07:35:03 am »
But I think the use Zuli more than GMT in aviation terms.
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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2004, 07:55:54 am »
ZULU time is a military explanation of GMT that became common in aviation too. As GMT time steps +/- 1 hour during the daylight saving time, but ZULU not. So in the summer there is a 1 hour difference between GMT and ZULU, but I do not know which direction.
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EHM-1539 Pierre

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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2004, 07:57:33 am »
Yep, zulu or UTC (Universal Coordinated Time)
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EHM-1365 Benjamin

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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2004, 03:43:46 pm »
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Originally posted by SirRoberto
So in the summer there is a 1 hour difference between GMT and ZULU, but I do not know which direction.


In the summer we are 1 hour in front of Zulu time.

eg. 0900z = 1000BST
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