From: lumpy@digitalcartography.com   
      
   nospam@notreal.com wrote:   
   > ...as far as I am concerned the military should use   
   > Z time for all time that isn't local, and where there is the need to   
   > coordinate time across time zones or avoid confusion on the radio.   
      
   Essentially they do. But to some extent there is a need   
   to know the local time. If you want to stage an operation   
   during darkness, it helps to know what time is it   
   locally (JULIET). Or if you wanted to meet with the   
   tribal chiefs or rebuild a bridge or catch the group   
   leaders at breakfast etc. Time on military bases   
   essentially exists in local time. Troops are told   
   "Muster at 0700" in local time.   
      
   > ...If the world aviation industry can get along with   
   > just Z time and local time, why not the military.   
      
   Actually, the aviation doesn't deal exclusively with ZULU.   
   Flights are scheduled at local time. Depart and arrival   
   times are given in local times including allowances for   
   daylight savings time. It would surely be very confusing   
   to tell ordinary air passengers "We're about to arrive at   
   Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport where the time   
   is 0300 hours Thursday when, for all practical purposes,   
   it's "really" 8pm Wednesday. Much easier to tell grandma   
   to pick us up at the airport at 8 o'clock than to tell her   
   "OH THREE HUNDRED HOURS THURSDAY". Somewhere, in nearly   
   every case, the "end user" will have to translate the   
   standard (ZULU) to whatever his local time is.   
      
      
   Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke   
      
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