Uniform Time Zone — U
Military letter U (Uniform) maps to the UTC-8 offset from Coordinated Universal Time. Covers the U.S. Pacific Time zone and western Canada.
Uniform (U) — UTC-8
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-8
About Uniform
UTC offset
UTC-8
Letter U = Uniform in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
Where U is used
Covers the U.S. Pacific Time zone and western Canada.
Places on UTC-8 (U time) in 2026
10 zones in the tz database are at UTC-8 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: PST.
All year (1 zones)
Pitcairn Islands
In January only (3 zones)
Canada, Mexico, United States
America/Los Angeles · America/Tijuana · America/Vancouver
In July only (6 zones)
United States
America/Anchorage · America/Juneau · America/Metlakatla · America/Nome · America/Sitka · America/Yakutat
Converting U time
In a military date-time group the zone letter follows the time: 151430U JAN 26 means 14:30 Uniform time on 15 January 2026, which is 152230Z JAN 26 in Zulu (UTC).