On 2026-03-06 19:08, Robert Elz via tz wrote:
If those actually require 3 (or more) chars (letters perhaps, but then +07
wouldn't work) then change the quidelines. It is that simple. There is
no reason for such a restriction - and what's more, we should be able to
create zones which reflect the "military" zone names (A B C ... Z, missing
just I I think it is, but it has been a while) which are all 1 char long
(but are unable to represent offsets that aren't an even number of hours).
See attached:
Juliet is localtime;
Zulu is GMT;
Alpha..Mike are GMT+1..12;
November..Yankee are GMT-1..12.
I used to add them under .../ITU, but now under .../Etc, including spelling
variations Alfa, Juliett, Whiskey (I'm Scottish/Irish), X-ray, and single letters.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher but when there is no more to cut
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry W longitude P longitude
E
180 165 150 135 120 105 90 75 60 45 30 15 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150
165 180
-12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10
+11 +12
Y X W V U T S R Q P O N Z A B C D E F G H I K
L M J
Letter Phonetic Offset Link
Y Yankee UTC -12 GMT-12
X Xray UTC -11 GMT-11
X X-ray UTC -11 GMT-11
W Whisky UTC -10 GMT-10
W Whiskey UTC -10 GMT-10
V Victor UTC -9 GMT-9
U Uniform UTC -8 GMT-8
T Tango UTC -7 GMT-7
S Sierra UTC -6 GMT-6
R Romeo UTC -5 GMT-5
Q Quebec UTC -4 GMT-4
P Papa UTC -3 GMT-3
O Oscar UTC -2 GMT-2
N November UTC -1 GMT-1
Z Zulu UTC +0 GMT+0
A Alfa UTC +1 GMT+1
A Alpha UTC +1 GMT+1
B Bravo UTC +2 GMT+2
C Charlie UTC +3 GMT+3
D Delta UTC +4 GMT+4
E Echo UTC +5 GMT+5
F Foxtrot UTC +6 GMT+6
G Golf UTC +7 GMT+7
H Hotel UTC +8 GMT+8
I India UTC +9 GMT+9
K Kilo UTC +10 GMT+10
L Lima UTC +11 GMT+11
M Mike UTC +12 GMT+12
J Juliet 0 localtime
J Juliett 0 localtime
