Field Manual / Prowords and procedure / ZULU TIME
ZULU TIME
PHRASECoordinated Universal Time (UTC), used in military time groups.
On air
“All times are Zulu.”
“Move at zero six hundred Zulu time. Over.”
“Confirm the time is Zulu time, not local. Over.”
In conversation
Kyiv is two hours ahead of Zulu time in winter.
NATO orders and reports use Zulu time to avoid time zone mistakes.