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The military time zones are a standardized, uniform set of time zones for expressing time across different regions of the world, named after the NATO phonetic alphabet. The Zulu time zone (Z) is equivalent to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and is often referred to as the military time zone.
The tz database partitions the world into regions where local clocks all show the same time. This map was made by combining version 2023d with OpenStreetMap data, using open source software. [1] This is a list of time zones from release 2025a of the tz database. [2]
Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
Some United States Minor Outlying Islands are outside the time zones defined by 15 U.S.C. §260 and exist in waters defined by nautical time. In practice, military crews may simply use Zulu time when on these islands. Baker Island and Howland Island are in UTC−12:00, while Wake Island is in UTC+12:00.
The United States Standard Alaska Time was designated as UTC−10:00. [1] Some references prior to 1967 refer to this zone as Central Alaska Standard Time (CAST) [2] or as Alaska Standard Time (AKST). In 1966, the Uniform Time Act renamed the UTC−10:00 zone to Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time [3] (AHST [4]), effective April 1, 1967. [5]
As planned for 2020. The United States Army has over 40 military installations in Germany, two of which are scheduled to close.Over 220 others have already been closed, mostly following the end of the Cold War in the 1990s.
Yukon Standard Time: GMT−10:00: Alaska Standard Time: GMT−11:00 (Nome, and Aleutian Islands) Bering Standard Time: January 20, 1942 – September 30, 1945 GMT−07:00 (Panhandle Areas) Pacific War Time: GMT−08:00 (in Yakutat) Yukon War Time: GMT−09:00 Alaska War Time: GMT−10:00 (Nome, and Aleutian Islands) Bering War Time
The military of the United States is deployed in most countries around the world, with approximately 160,000 of its active-duty personnel stationed outside the United States and its territories. [1] This list consists of deployments excepting active combat deployments , including troops in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia.