UTC

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Etymology 1

A compromise initialism between English CUT (“Coordinated Universal Time”) and French TUC (“Temps Universel Coordonné”), unofficially giving “Universal Time Coordinated” and “Universel Temps Coordonné”.

Proper noun

UTC

1. Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.

   Synonym: GMT

Derived terms

• UTC offset

See also

• GMT (“Greenwich Mean Time”)
• UT or UT1 (“Universal Time”)
• Zulu time
• military time

Further reading

• Coordinated Universal Time on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Proper noun

UTC

1. (US, law) Initialism of Uniform Traffic Code.

Phrase

UTC

1. (travel, GDS) Initialism of unable to contact.

Anagrams

• TCU, TUC, UCT, cut