time zone lettering

ABBAFAN · 01-21-07, 05:23 PM

I was doing nothing in particular and realised that the letters given to time zones are not logical.A or alpha is the greenwich zone and they follow on from there but z is befor n and a few others are out of alphabetical order.Whats the deal?

Chaotic42 · 01-21-07, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ABBAFAN

I was doing nothing in particular and realised that the letters given to time zones are not logical.A or alpha is the greenwich zone and they follow on from there but z is befor n and a few others are out of alphabetical order.Whats the deal?

I see that you live in the <b> timezone...

01-21-07, 05:52 PM

24 Hours in a day. 26 letters in the alphabet. Z (zulu) for zero hour, the place from which all other hours begin, plus zulu or minus zulu. I guess they could have chosen A (alpha), but they didn't.

The Avon Lady · 01-21-07, 09:18 PM

The line, it is drawn,
the curse, it is cast
The slow one will later be fast
And the present now will soon be the past
The order is rapidly fading
The first one now will later be last
For the times, they are a changin'
- Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A Changin'

U-533 · 01-21-07, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ABBAFAN

I was doing nothing in particular and realised that the letters given to time zones are not logical.A or alpha is the greenwich zone and they follow on from there but z is befor n and a few others are out of alphabetical order.Whats the deal?

Jeeewhiz ... and all I did today was mow the lawn, Mentor my Cadet, put fan belts on my land yacht, fix a transmission fluid leak on my land yacht, stop a speeding idiot driver from hitting a pedestrian, stop 2 "Hoodlums" from robbing an old lady, talk to the Mayor about some pot holes, and kiss my wife and tell her I love her...

ABBAFAN · 01-22-07, 10:53 AM

I knmow why the letters are used but instead of goinag around the planet in aplphabetical order they are in some places out of order.seems odd.

Zero Niner · 01-22-07, 08:28 PM

AFAIK Zulu (Z) = UTC or GMT.
Not sure about the rest tho'.

01-21-07, 05:23 PM	#1
ABBAFAN Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 456 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	time zone lettering I was doing nothing in particular and realised that the letters given to time zones are not logical.A or alpha is the greenwich zone and they follow on from there but z is befor n and a few others are out of alphabetical order.Whats the deal? __________________ CHOOSE RFA! LESS GRAFT, MORE PAY.

01-21-07, 09:18 PM	#4
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The line, it is drawn, the curse, it is cast The slow one will later be fast And the present now will soon be the past The order is rapidly fading The first one now will later be last For the times, they are a changin' - Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A Changin' __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

01-22-07, 10:53 AM	#6
ABBAFAN Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 456 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I knmow why the letters are used but instead of goinag around the planet in aplphabetical order they are in some places out of order.seems odd. __________________ CHOOSE RFA! LESS GRAFT, MORE PAY.

01-21-07, 05:52 PM	#3
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	24 Hours in a day. 26 letters in the alphabet. Z (zulu) for zero hour, the place from which all other hours begin, plus zulu or minus zulu. I guess they could have chosen A (alpha), but they didn't.

01-22-07, 08:28 PM	#7
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	AFAIK Zulu (Z) = UTC or GMT. Not sure about the rest tho'.