UTC Time

[KJ4VRQ]

Whats the simplest way to tell UTC time?

I live in Alabama so do I just subtract six hours from the UTC time? I'm confused...

 

[GnG8d]

Add a second clock to your Windoze and set it UTC.

 

[binrat]

At work we have 2 clocks beside each other. All of our radio traffic times are based off of UTC.

 

[KJ4VRQ]

I know how to do it and it is displayed on my ham radio deluxe software but my problem is keeping up with nets.

Sometimes if I go to a website stating start times in UTC, I have trouble figuring out what time it is in my time zone!


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[W9LRT]

Part of the problem is that it is a moving target (caused by daylight savings time).

If you are in the Eastern Time Zone (I believe Alabama is), During the summer you would subtract 4 hours from GMT/UTC to get YOUR local time. When Daylight Savings ends (First Sunday in November at 2AM), you need to subtract 5 hours from GMT/UTC to get YOUR local time.

Les, W9LRT

 

[KC9Q]

Like most say: Get a second clock and set it up for UTC. Some transceivers have a clock display - set that up for UTC. Problem with translating is the time change from standard time and daylight saving time. Easiest thing to do is to get a second clock that displays 24 hour format.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

I agree with the second clock idea. I have a clock widget on my laptop that is set to UTC while the PC clock in the lower right corner is set to local time. My usual mistake in converting time is not with the hour but rather with the day. When logging contacts that are late in the evening I have to remember to advance the DAY in keeping with UTC.

 

[W9LRT]

You can install the clock widget multiple times and change the text that appears in the clock.

 

[2RT307]

I have two atomic clocks, one for local time and one for UTC. And my logging software shows the UTC time as well. And I have a web site that I look it up on. :laugh: I had not thought of adding the widgets to my laptop... that's a cool idea.

73,
Brett