From March to November, what is the UTC time offset for Pensacola, and how do we translate that to UTC/Zulu Time?

From March to November, what is the UTC time offset for Pensacola, and how do we translate that to UTC/Zulu Time?

• A. UTC-5. Add 5 to Local time to get UTC
• B. UTC-4. Subtract 4 from Local time
• C. UTC-6. Add 6 to Local time
• D. UTC+0. Subtract Local time

Answer: (A)

Pensacola sits in the Central Time Zone, and from March to November the U.S. switches to daylight saving time, so Central Time becomes Central Daylight Time. That places the offset at UTC-5. To convert Pensacola local time to UTC (Zulu), you add five hours to the local time. So the correct offset is UTC-5, and you translate by adding 5 hours to the local time to obtain UTC. The other offsets don’t fit Pensacola during this period: UTC-4 would apply to Eastern Daylight Time, not Central; UTC-6 would be Central Standard Time in winter; UTC+0 would mean no offset at all.

Pensacola sits in the Central Time Zone, and from March to November the U.S. switches to daylight saving time, so Central Time becomes Central Daylight Time. That places the offset at UTC-5. To convert Pensacola local time to UTC (Zulu), you add five hours to the local time. So the correct offset is UTC-5, and you translate by adding 5 hours to the local time to obtain UTC.

The other offsets don’t fit Pensacola during this period: UTC-4 would apply to Eastern Daylight Time, not Central; UTC-6 would be Central Standard Time in winter; UTC+0 would mean no offset at all.