MILITARY TIME REFERENCE
Zulu is UTC. Alpha is UTC+1; Yankee is UTC−12. See all 25 military time zones and convert a Zulu time to 12-hour and 24-hour formats.
Military time-zone names identify fixed UTC offsets. A time such as 1212Z means 12:12 PM in Zulu, or UTC. Without the Z or another zone designation, 1212 tells you the time format but not its location.
Alpha (also spelled Alfa) through Mike represent UTC+1 to UTC+12, skipping J. November through Yankee represent UTC−1 to UTC−12. J has no fixed offset in this table. These fixed offsets do not change for daylight saving; a city’s local offset can change.
The table uses 12:12 PM UTC as its starting point. Mike reaches 12:12 AM on the next day. At an earlier UTC time, some western zones fall on the previous day. The day labels prevent that date change from being missed.
The zone India (I) means UTC+9, not the country India. Civil zones can have fractional offsets: India is UTC+5:30 and Nepal is UTC+5:45. Use the city-based live clock for those locations.
References: NOAA guide to Zulu and UTC and NGA time-zone reference, Table 9.
Zulu is UTC. Convert a Zulu time to all 25 fixed military zones below. This is separate from changing between 12-hour and 24-hour formats.
Type HHMM or HH:MM, such as 1212. Day labels compare with the UTC date.
| Zone | UTC offset | 24-hour | 12-hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| YankeeY | UTC−12 | 00:12 | 12:12 AM |
| X-rayX | UTC−11 | 01:12 | 1:12 AM |
| WhiskeyW | UTC−10 | 02:12 | 2:12 AM |
| VictorV | UTC−9 | 03:12 | 3:12 AM |
| UniformU | UTC−8 | 04:12 | 4:12 AM |
| TangoT | UTC−7 | 05:12 | 5:12 AM |
| SierraS | UTC−6 | 06:12 | 6:12 AM |
| RomeoR | UTC−5 | 07:12 | 7:12 AM |
| QuebecQ | UTC−4 | 08:12 | 8:12 AM |
| PapaP | UTC−3 | 09:12 | 9:12 AM |
| OscarO | UTC−2 | 10:12 | 10:12 AM |
| NovemberN | UTC−1 | 11:12 | 11:12 AM |
| ZuluZ | UTC±0 | 12:12 | 12:12 PM |
| AlphaA | UTC+1 | 13:12 | 1:12 PM |
| BravoB | UTC+2 | 14:12 | 2:12 PM |
| CharlieC | UTC+3 | 15:12 | 3:12 PM |
| DeltaD | UTC+4 | 16:12 | 4:12 PM |
| EchoE | UTC+5 | 17:12 | 5:12 PM |
| FoxtrotF | UTC+6 | 18:12 | 6:12 PM |
| GolfG | UTC+7 | 19:12 | 7:12 PM |
| HotelH | UTC+8 | 20:12 | 8:12 PM |
| IndiaI | UTC+9 | 21:12 | 9:12 PM |
| KiloK | UTC+10 | 22:12 | 10:12 PM |
| LimaL | UTC+11 | 23:12 | 11:12 PM |
| MikeM | UTC+12 | 00:12Next day | 12:12 AM |
These are fixed offsets, so daylight saving does not change them. For city time zones and fractional offsets, use the live clock. Read the military time-zone guide.
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