Also known as: y – Yankee Time, Yankee
Yankee Time Zone (Y) is 12 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a military time zone.
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Where and When is Y Observed?
Yankee Time Zone is often used in aviation and the military as another name for UTC -12. Yankee Time Zone is also commonly used at sea between longitudes 172.5° East and 172.5° West.
The letter Y may be used as a suffix to denote a time being in the Yankee Time Zone, such as 08:00Y or 0800Y. This is spoken as "zero eight hundred Yankee".
Some places with the same time as Yankee Time Zone
- Baker Island, US Minor Outlying Islands
- Howland Island, US Minor Outlying Islands
Only showing up to 16 cities, others may also be observing Yankee Time Zone.
This time zone is in use, but not observed in any location at this time.Other Time Zones in UTC -12
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as Y, but can be found under a different name:
- AoE – Anywhere on Earth
Time zones by continent/region
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Australia
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Europe
- Indian Ocean
- Military
- North America
- Pacific
- South America
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00:00:00
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