Dictionary term
Coordinated Universal Time
Direct answer
Coordinated Universal Time: Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC, is the internationally agreed standard for civil world time, realized with atomic clocks and coordinated with Earth rotation.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Calendars & Timekeeping
- Also appears in
- Calendars & Timekeeping
- Aliases
- None listed
- Last updated
- 2026-07-15
Quick reference
- Use when
- Use UTC for stored astronomical event times and convert to local civil time only at the display layer with an explicit zone.
- Do not use it for
- Do not treat UTC as a geographic time zone or silently label a local timestamp as UTC.
- Reference category
- Calendars & Timekeeping
- Related terms
- Calendar, Solar Calendar, Lunar Calendar, Lunisolar Calendar
The story behind Coordinated Universal Time
UTC became the modern world-time standard by combining atomic timekeeping with occasional adjustments tied to Earth rotation.
Coordinated Universal Time in spiritual tradition
UTC is a shared agreement that lets a global community speak precisely about one moment.
The Great Almanac frames Coordinated Universal Time with educational restraint. Mystical or symbolic language may be meaningful, but it should not be exaggerated into certainty, panic, or permission to ignore ordinary responsibility.
Coordinated Universal Time in the Bible
This is a factual astronomy, calendar, Earth-science, cultural, or historical reference. It can support wonder at the created order without becoming a claim of fate, worship, or private revelation.
Coordinated Universal Time in numerology
Coordinated Universal Time is not a numerology claim. Any numbers attached to it should retain their ordinary scientific, calendrical, navigational, or historical meaning unless a separate symbolic interpretation is clearly labeled.
Why Coordinated Universal Time matters
UTC gives observations, APIs, archives, and users in different time zones a common timestamp.
Example in a reading: An event recorded as 03:00 UTC represents one instant even though local date and clock time differ around the world.
Interpretive caution: Do not treat UTC as a geographic time zone or silently label a local timestamp as UTC.
How Coordinated Universal Time is used in a reading
Use UTC for stored astronomical event times and convert to local civil time only at the display layer with an explicit zone.
Where interpretation stops
Coordinated Universal Time is presented as sourced astronomy, calendrical, Earth-science, cultural, or instrument-history reference. Definitions should distinguish measured phenomena from civil convention and historical interpretation, preserve location and time dependencies, and avoid turning factual sky data into a deterministic personal claim.
Sources and editorial method
Research references used for this entry include:
- NIST: UTC(NIST) Time Scale - Official explanation of Coordinated Universal Time and the U.S. realization UTC(NIST).
- U.S. Naval Observatory: Universal Time - Official explanation of Universal Time and its relationship to Greenwich timekeeping.
The page starts with a direct definition, then separates use, example, caution, spiritual meaning, and historical context. For astrology, occult, demonology, curse, and spiritual warfare terms, the editorial rule is to explain the term without making fear-based, fatalistic, medical, legal, financial, or ritual-instruction claims.
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