Nautical time
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nautical-time-163-18243202
title:
Nautical time
text:
Nautical time is a maritime time standard established in the 1920s to allow ships on high seas to coordinate their local time with other ships, consistent with a long nautical tradition of accurate celestial navigation. Nautical time divides the globe into 24 nautical time zones with hourly clock offsets, spaced at 15 degrees by longitudinal coordinate, with no political deviation. Nautical timekeeping dates back to the early 20th century as a standard way to keep time at sea, although it largel
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encyclopedia
description:
System that allows ships on sea to express their local time
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_time
date created:
2007-11-06T04:49:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T15:33:16Z
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