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Type Words
Synonyms coordinated universal time
Type of greenwich mean time, greenwich time, gmt, universal time, ut, ut1
Has types spacecraft event time, ert, scet, earth-received time, transmission time, trm

Examples of utc

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Minimum dropsonde-measured central pressure was 921 mb at 1121 UTC on that date.
From the al.com
The lowest pressure recorded by the aircraft was 934 mb at 1929 UTC 17 November.
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Handily enough, we can write UTC using the International Standard Time notation.
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The UTC offset in the list is not valid in practice during daylight saving time.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I am aware that for astronomical purposes, Julian day number begins at noon UTC.
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It weakened slightly for several hours and again reached 120 knots on 1800 UTC.
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I can't find any guarantee that the magic word CURRENTTIME, used below, is UTC.
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Nice work all around and kudos, but it just turned midnight UTC and it is gone.
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The hurricane briefly reached category 5 intensity on September 15 at 1800 UTC.
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  • Coordinated universal time: Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds
  • Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is a time standard based on International Atomic Time (TAI) with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation. ...
  • (law) Uniform Traffic Code
  • The time standard used around the world by meteorologists, referenced to the time at Greenwich, England.
  • Universal Time Coordinated; uniform atomic time system kept very closely to UT2 by offsets. Maintained by the U.S. Naval Observatory. GPS time is directly relatable to UTC. UTC-GPS = 9 seconds (in 1994)
  • United Telecom Council, a global trade association dedicated to creating a favorable business, regulatory and technological environment for companies that own, manage or provide critical telecom systems in support of their core business. ...
  • Universal Time Constant. Similar to Greenwich Mean Time. UTC time is 8 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST) and 7 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
  • Utilities Telecommunications Council (USA)
  • Based on GMT (above), UTC is a time system recognised throughout the world. UTC supersedes summer/winter changeover times adopted by various countries and consequently avoids associated problems.