Also known as: c – Charlie Time, Charlie

Time zone map of C
Areas with same time currently (UTC +3).
Currently has same time zone offset as C (UTC +3) but different time zone name.

Charlie Time Zone (C) is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a military time zone.

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Where and When is C Observed?

Charlie Time Zone is often used in aviation and the military as another name for UTC +3. Charlie Time Zone is also commonly used at sea between longitudes 37.5° East and 52.5° East.

The letter C may be used as a suffix to denote a time being in the Charlie Time Zone, such as 08:00C or 0800C. This is spoken as "zero eight hundred Charlie".

Some places with the same time as Charlie Time Zone

  • Cairo, Egypt
  • Moscow, Moscow, Russia
  • Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Athens, Greece
  • Nairobi, Kenya
  • Bucharest, Romania
  • Ankara, Turkey
  • Baghdad, Iraq
  • Jerusalem, Israel
  • Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Antananarivo, Madagascar
  • Minsk, Belarus
  • Beirut, Lebanon
  • Amman, Jordan
  • Doha, Qatar

Only showing up to 16 cities, others may also be observing Charlie Time Zone.

This time zone is in use, but not observed in any location at this time.

Other Time Zones in UTC +3

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as C, but can be found under a different name:

  • AST – Arabia Standard Time
  • EAT – Eastern Africa Time
  • EEST – Eastern European Summer Time
  • FET – Further-Eastern European Time
  • IDT – Israel Daylight Time
  • MSK – Moscow Standard Time
  • SYOT – Syowa Time
  • TRT – Turkey Time

C time now

00:00:00

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Universal Time is the common time standard across the world.

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