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DTG
ACRONYMDate-Time Group
Date-Time Group: day, hour, minute, time zone, month and year, e.g. 121530ZNOV26.
On air
“DTG one two one fife tree zero zulu November two six.”
“Message DTG zero eight one two zero zero Zulu December two six. Over.”
“Say again the DTG of your last report. Over.”
In conversation
Write the DTG at the top of every message you log.
The DTG 151030ZNOV26 means the fifteenth, ten thirty Zulu, November 2026.