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Kilo Time Zone — K

Military letter K (Kilo) maps to the UTC+10 offset from Coordinated Universal Time. Covers eastern Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Guam.

Kilo (K) — UTC+10

01:40:54

Friday, 23 October 2026 GMT+10

About Kilo

UTC offset

UTC+10

Letter K = Kilo in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Where K is used

Covers eastern Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Guam.

Places on UTC+10 (K time) in 2026

13 zones in the tz database are at UTC+10 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: AEST.

All year (9 zones)

Antarctica, Australia, Guam, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea, Russia

Antarctica/DumontDUrville · Asia/Ust-Nera · Asia/Vladivostok · Australia/Brisbane · Australia/Lindeman · Pacific/Guam · Pacific/Port Moresby · Pacific/Saipan · Pacific/Truk

In July only (4 zones)

Australia

Antarctica/Macquarie · Australia/Hobart · Australia/Melbourne · Australia/Sydney

Converting K time

In a military date-time group the zone letter follows the time: 151430K JAN 26 means 14:30 Kilo time on 15 January 2026, which is 150430Z JAN 26 in Zulu (UTC).

ZoneOffsetWhen it's 12:00 K
U Uniform UTC-8 18:00 (−1 day)
S Sierra UTC-6 20:00 (−1 day)
R Romeo UTC-5 21:00 (−1 day)
Z Zulu UTC 02:00
A Alpha UTC+1 03:00
B Bravo UTC+2 04:00
C Charlie UTC+3 05:00
E Echo UTC+5 07:00
H Hotel UTC+8 10:00
I India UTC+9 11:00

Other military letters