Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 1294 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 12:34 am: | |
I'm sorry. This is so trivial, but it is driving The Little Woman crazy, and I wish to deliver her from her maddened state. She has developed a taste for reruns of JAG. (I know, I know...) They do this thing where they show the chronology of events on the lower-left of the screen, and with military time, they use the term, "ZULU." Somebody, PLEASE explain. |
Crash_nyc Member Username: Crash_nyc
Post Number: 1011 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 3:18 am: | |
Wiki is your friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N ATO_Phonetic_Alphabet |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 1708 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 6:55 am: | |
Ahhhh, Roger that |
Rsa Member Username: Rsa
Post Number: 1257 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 10:29 am: | |
zulu time is military time. it is the same all throughout the world to eliminate time-zone confusion. eg: 1:00pm would be 1:00pm everywhere, except it would probably be called 1300 zulu time. |
Aiw Member Username: Aiw
Post Number: 6357 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 10:33 am: | |
Also called GMT by the rest of the non-US world. |
Rsa Member Username: Rsa
Post Number: 1258 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 10:36 am: | |
ahh wikipedia; here's a more defined answer: quote:The UTC [coordinated universal time] time zone is sometimes denoted by the letter Z – a reference to the equivalent nautical time zone (GMT), which has been denoted by a Z since about 1950. The letter also refers to the "zone description" of zero hours, which has been used since 1920. See time zone history. Since the NATO phonetic alphabet and amateur radio word for Z is "Zulu", UTC is sometimes known as Zulu time. This is especially true in aviation, where Zulu is the universal standard.[10] This ensures all pilots regardless of location are using the same 24-hour clock, thus avoiding confusion when flying between time zones. |
1st_sgt Member Username: 1st_sgt
Post Number: 108 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 11:20 am: | |
Detroit time is Romeo time in the military. |
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765
Post Number: 1898 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 4:17 pm: | |
Greenwich Mean Time |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3464 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, September 07, 2007 - 3:25 pm: | |
No, Coordinated Universal Time; get with the times! While were at it, please make sure you pronounce your 5s with two "f"s - "Fife" - as in Fife & Drum. And Q always sounds better as Kay-beck, not Que-bec. |
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob
Post Number: 1236 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, September 07, 2007 - 8:59 pm: | |
Still, none of this tells me who Zulu is. |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 2537 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 9:15 am: | |
quote:This is so trivial, but it is driving The Little Woman crazy I hope you don't actually call her that in public? |
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe
Post Number: 379 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 10:57 am: | |
Zulu isn't one person, it is many. About 20 million Zulu people live mainly in South Africa, and form that country's largest ethnic group. |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 1298 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 4:14 pm: | |
A big Thank You to all who replied with some relevant info. A big Thanks For Nothing to those who-- seemingly-- did not read my post, and posted irrelevant geo-ethnic information. |
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob
Post Number: 1240 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 4:53 pm: | |
And were has Zulu been? |
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe
Post Number: 433 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 4:58 pm: | |
I was answering Cheddar Bob, feeling your question had been adequately handled. Sorry. |
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob
Post Number: 1241 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 9:52 pm: | |
And still nobody has said were Zulu has been. I haven't seen him post here in a long time. |