Have you ever talked to a friend abroad, and asked: “what time is it over there?” before heading online and checking it out for yourself? If you have, you might remember that, say, if your friend was in New York City, beside the current time online was an acronym: UTC-5 (UTC-4 with Daylight Saving Time). That acronym stands for Coordinated Universal Time, or Universal Coordinated Time, and its title does a pretty good job of giving you an idea of what it does. As expected, it’s the global time standard by which timing centers all around the world base their … Continue reading All About Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)