Would he by any chance refer to it as Zulu or Zebra time? The Z-suffix shorthand for UTC/GMT standardisation has nautical roots IIRC and the nomenclature was ad

Would he by any chance refer to it as Zulu or Zebra time? The Z-suffix shorthand for UTC/GMT standardisation has nautical roots IIRC and the nomenclature was adopted in civil aviation also. I sometimes say Zulu time and my own dad, whose naval aspirations were crushed by poor eyesight, is amongst the few that don’t double-take.