CONVERTING ZULU
TIME TO LOCAL TIME
NOAA satellites
use Zulu Time or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) as their time
reference. The satellite images that appear on NOAA's Web sites
are stamped in Zulu time.
To make the
conversion to your local time, see the chart below. Find your
local time in the first column. If you are on Eastern Daylight
Saving Time (EDT), you would use the second column to find your
Zulu Time/UTC. For instance, if it's 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight
Saving Time in Washington, D.C., it's 1500 hours in Zulu time/UTC.
See legend
below.
|
LOCAL |
EDT |
EST |
CDT |
CST |
MDT |
MST |
PDT |
PST |
|
Midnight |
0400 |
0500 |
0500 |
0600 |
0600 |
0700 |
0700 |
0800 |
|
1 a.m. |
0500 |
0600 |
0600 |
0700 |
0700 |
0800 |
0800 |
0900 |
|
2 a.m. |
0600 |
0700 |
0700 |
0800 |
0800 |
0900 |
0900 |
1000 |
|
3 a.m. |
0700 |
0800 |
0800 |
0900 |
0900 |
1000 |
1000 |
1100 |
|
4 a.m. |
0800 |
0900 |
0900 |
1000 |
1000 |
1100 |
1100 |
1200 |
|
5 a.m. |
0900 |
1000 |
1000 |
1100 |
1100 |
1200 |
1200 |
1300 |
|
6 a.m. |
1000 |
1100 |
1100 |
1200 |
1200 |
1300 |
1300 |
1400 |
|
7 a.m. |
1100 |
1200 |
1200 |
1300 |
1300 |
1400 |
1400 |
1500 |
|
8 a.m. |
1200 |
1300 |
1300 |
1400 |
1400 |
1500 |
1500 |
1600 |
|
9 a.m. |
1300 |
1400 |
1400 |
1500 |
1500 |
1600 |
1600 |
1700 |
|
10 a.m. |
1400 |
1500 |
1500 |
1600 |
1600 |
1700 |
1700 |
1800 |
|
11 a.m. |
1500 |
1600 |
1600 |
1700 |
1700 |
1800 |
1800 |
1900 |
|
NOON |
1600 |
1700 |
1700 |
1800 |
1800 |
1900 |
1900 |
2000 |
|
1 p.m. |
1700 |
1800 |
1800 |
1900 |
1900 |
2000 |
2000 |
2100 |
|
2 p.m. |
1800 |
1900 |
1900 |
2000 |
2000 |
2100 |
2100 |
2200 |
|
3 p.m. |
1900 |
2000 |
2000 |
2100 |
2100 |
2200 |
2200 |
2300 |
|
4 p.m. |
2000 |
2100 |
2100 |
2200 |
2200 |
2300 |
2300 |
2400 |
|
5 p.m. |
2100 |
2200 |
2200 |
2300 |
2300 |
2400 |
2400 |
0100 |
|
6 p.m. |
2200 |
2300 |
2300 |
2400 |
2400 |
0100 |
0100 |
0200 |
|
7 p.m. |
2300 |
2400 |
2400 |
0100 |
0100 |
0200 |
0200 |
0300 |
|
8 p.m. |
2400 |
0100 |
0100 |
0200 |
0200 |
0300 |
0300 |
0400 |
|
9 p.m. |
0100 |
0200 |
0200 |
0300 |
0300 |
0400 |
0400 |
0500 |
|
10 p.m. |
0200 |
0300 |
0300 |
0400 |
0400 |
0500 |
0500 |
0600 |
|
11 p.m. |
0300 |
0400 |
0400 |
0500 |
0500 |
0600 |
0600 |
0700 |
|
LOCAL |
EDT |
EST |
CDT |
CST |
MDT |
MST |
PDT |
PST |
LEGEND:
EDT = Eastern
Daylight Saving Time
EST = Eastern Standard Time
CDT = Central Daylight Saving Time
CST = Central Standard Time
MDT = Mountain Daylight Saving Time
MST = Mountain Standard Time
PDT = Pacific Daylight Saving Time
PST = Pacific Standard Time
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