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Time Conversion Table

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Z Time
(UTC)
Alaska
Standard Time
Pacific
Standard Time
Mountain
Standard Time
Central
Standard Time
Eastern
Standard Time
00Z 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
03Z 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM
06Z 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 12:00 AM 1:00 AM
09Z 12:00 AM 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM
12Z 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM
15Z 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM
18Z 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
21Z 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM

Z Time
(UTC)
Alaska
Daylight Saving Time
Pacific
Daylight Saving Time
Mountain
Daylight Saving Time
Central
Daylight Saving Time
Eastern
Daylight Saving Time
00Z 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM
03Z 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM
06Z 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 12:00 AM 1:00 AM 2:00 AM
09Z 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM
12Z 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM
15Z 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM
18Z 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM
21Z 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM


History of "Z-time" (UTC,GMT,etc) by Harold Maybeck>
Modified: December 4, 2019
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