UTC

UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is the name of the international time standard and is identical to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), which was commonly used as a world wide time base.

GMT and therefore UTC are both referring to the zero longitudinal meridian, which runs through Greenwich in England. UTC is based on a 24 hour time scale, therefore 03:00 o'clock P.M. equals to 15:00 UTC. No daylight savings time is used for UTC; there are no switchovers from DST to non-DST periods in this universal time zone. The German standard time is called central European time (CET), which is one hour ahead of the UTC. The coordination of the UTC is being managed by the BIPM which also maintains the accordance of the global UTC.

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