Coordinated Universal Time
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coordinated-universal-time-186-2320648
title:
Coordinated Universal Time
text:
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time. It establishes a reference for the current time, forming the basis for civil time and time zones. UTC facilitates international communication, navigation, scientific research, and commerce. UTC has been widely embraced by most countries and is the effective successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in everyday usage and common applications. In specialized domains such as scientific research, nav
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Primary time standard
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
date created:
2001-10-13T07:38:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T00:01:06Z
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13
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