Monday, March 14, 2016

What time is it?




Daylight savings time used to make my brain hurt.  A long time ago I started using Zulu time.  Time zones can be confusing especially when employing global airpower.  If the airplane took off at 0930 in Nebraska and flew 14 hours what time should I show up at the drop zone?  Really confusing if we use local time as our primary reference.  The difference between New Zealand and New York is variable especially during the daylight savings/standard time transition. 

Zulu time is the aviation time zone.  It does not change and greatly simplifies these calculations.  0930 plus 14 equals 2330.  Oh yeah you should also use the 24-hour clock.  After arriving at the Zulu solution convert to local time so you can tell the natives.

It is interesting how we humans obsess over a concept we created.  What time is it?  I think it is time to eat.

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