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Old March 20th, 2002, 09:13 PM
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Default Re: Order of events within a turn
Zulu time is military jargonese for Greenwich Mean (Meridian? ) Time. G.M.T. is the standard used to synchronize events around the world.

You can't very well say "Noon" to someone in a different time zone and be sure they will know what you mean. Noon their time or noon your time?

But if you say "0200 zulu", they will know you mean 2AM in Greenwich and can adjust to their time accordingly.

Now, why they picked the word "zulu", I have no idea. Maybe somebody in the military can tell us.

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[ 20 March 2002: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

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