I know I'm making a moutain out of a moe hill  but I can't see to wrap my head around this.

 

 

If putting together a flight schedule and using GMT time.. then:

 

 

for example

 

you fly from KSFO to KMML in a 772

 

lets say you have a 14hr flight plus 30 min.. 15 min taxi on both ends

so block to block 14.5hr flight

 

now lets say I leave at 1300Z then what time (in GMT) would it be that I get at YMML?

My guess is: 2030Z the following day, yes?

 

here is my thinking:   1300+1430 = 2730 - 2400 = 0330+(time diff of 17hrs)= 2030Z

 

but then what would be the local times?  ahhhggrrr

 

there has got to be an easy formula

3:30z would be your arrival time, when working in Zulu you just disregard anything to do with time zones or local time.

 

1300+1430=2730-2400=0330

 

Regards,

Ró.

You will arrive at 0330Z. Time difference is not accounted for in UTC, that's kind of the whole point of it . The local time would be UTC with time zone correction. Sydney is UTC+10.

AHH YES  that is the whole point of it.. I new I was making it a lot more difficult then what it should be

 

so then local time in Melbourne would be 1330 in the afternoon, yes?

Whole point of zulu time is that you don't need to consider time zones at all

 

Dunno about the post above, use a time convertor site!

AHH YES  that is the whole point of it.. I new I was making it a lot more difficult then what it should be

 

so then local time in Melbourne would be 1330 in the afternoon, yes?

 

Ah sorry, don't know why I was thinking Sydney... but Melbourne is in the same time zone, so Local Time would be 1330 yes. So if you're looking for UTC times, just throw time zones out of the window. But you'll have to look them up again if you want to go back to local times. Just make sure you use a correction based on the UTC time zone, not the difference between departure and arrival.

 Uh..., Zulu time = UT = GMT !

I use this one, it keeps track of two timezones and does all calculations inbetween just by twisting the bezel

 

 

History: The Rolex GMT Master was developed in cooperation with Pan Am. As in the 1940s and 50s flying distances got longer and the pilots travelled through multiple time zones, Pan Am asked Rolex in the 1950s to develop a watch which could tell different times simultaneously.

More fun watch things.

 

 

Disclaimer, I don't work for them, and I don't even have a watch like this. I generally use an Android smartphone as a watch

 

Their watch can do Time, Timezones, Speed, Distance and Fuel consumption calculations.

 

Mine can search Google, Watch youtube, send emails and post on forums