UTC Abbreviation

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What does UTC mean?

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) regulates the clocks and times of the world. UTC is the updating of Greenwich Mean Time or GMT, and the civil time or local time is calculated based on UTC. The UTC is the time that goes with the earth’s rotations, and it includes 24-hours of standard timing.

Features of UTC

• Universal Time or UT came into existence in 1884.
•  The International Meridian Conference has chosen a universal time for all the countries and time zones of the world.
•  At Greenwich, London, Prime Meridian was located, which has a zero-degree longitude. 
• BIPM or Bureau International des Poids et Measures maintains the Coordinated Universal Time scale.
• Aviation uses coordinated universal time.

Conversion of UTC to the local time zone

The UTC can be converted to the local time zone by subtracting the given time by 6 hours. If the time is given as 17:00 UTC, you have to subtract it by 6 to get the real, local time. It means the time is 11 P.M.

How to get the local time from the UTC

At the United States

• Subtract UTC by 6 to get the 
• Central Day Time.
• Subtract UTC by 5 to get the Eastern Standard Time.
• Subtract UTC by 9 to get the Alaska Standard Time.
• Subtract UTC by 6 to get the Mountain Daylight Time.

In Europe

• UTC +3 hours = Eastern Europe Summer Time
• UTC+1 hour = British Summer Time
• UTC +4 hours = Delta Time
• UTC+2 hours = Central European Summer Time
• UTC time is equal to the Greenwich Mean Time
• UTC + 3 hours = Charlie Time

At Australia

• UTC + 10 hours = Eastern Time

UTC 9:30 hours = Central Standard Time

UTC + 8 hours = Western Standard Time

UTC+ 8 hours = Western Summer Time