Charlie Time Zone — C
Military letter C (Charlie) maps to the UTC+3 offset from Coordinated Universal Time. Includes Moscow, Eastern Africa, and parts of the Middle East.
Charlie (C) — UTC+3
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+3
About Charlie
UTC offset
UTC+3
Letter C = Charlie in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
Where C is used
Includes Moscow, Eastern Africa, and parts of the Middle East.
Places on UTC+3 (C time) in 2026
42 zones in the tz database are at UTC+3 for at least part of 2026. Zones listed under January or July only are on this offset for part of the year, because they change their clocks for daylight saving time. Civil abbreviations at this offset: MSK.
All year (25 zones)
Antarctica, Bahrain, Belarus, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mayotte, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tanzania, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Yemen
Africa/Addis Ababa · Africa/Asmera · Africa/Dar es Salaam · Africa/Djibouti · Africa/Kampala · Africa/Mogadishu · Africa/Nairobi · Antarctica/Syowa · Asia/Aden · Asia/Amman · Asia/Baghdad · Asia/Bahrain · Asia/Damascus · Asia/Kuwait · Asia/Qatar · Asia/Riyadh · Europe/Istanbul · Europe/Kirov · Europe/Minsk · Europe/Moscow · Europe/Simferopol · Europe/Volgograd · Indian/Antananarivo · Indian/Comoro · Indian/Mayotte
In July only (17 zones)
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Moldova, Palestinian Territories, Romania, Ukraine, Åland Islands
Africa/Cairo · Asia/Beirut · Asia/Famagusta · Asia/Gaza · Asia/Hebron · Asia/Jerusalem · Asia/Nicosia · Europe/Athens · Europe/Bucharest · Europe/Chisinau · Europe/Helsinki · Europe/Kiev · Europe/Mariehamn · Europe/Riga · Europe/Sofia · Europe/Tallinn · Europe/Vilnius
Converting C time
In a military date-time group the zone letter follows the time: 151430C JAN 26 means 14:30 Charlie time on 15 January 2026, which is 151130Z JAN 26 in Zulu (UTC).