Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 49°16.3'E at 0947 ZT on 3 March 1988. How should this date be entered into an AMVER report?

Question

Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 49&deg;16.3'E at 0947 ZT on 3 March 1988. How should this date be entered into an AMVER report?

Accepted Answer

Option A: 030647Z MAR. AMVER position reports require universal time coordinated (UTC/ZULU) and date formats. Longitude 49°16.3'E places the vessel in an Eastern hemisphere time zone ahead of UTC, converting local time 0947 ZT on 3 March to 0647 UTC on the 3rd, formatted as 030647Z MAR.

Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 49&deg;16.3'E at 0947 ZT on 3 March 1988. How should this date be entered into an AMVER report?

Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 49°16.3'E at 0947 ZT on 3 March 1988. How should this date be entered into an AMVER report?