Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 149°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 149&deg;16.3'E at 0947 ZT on 3 March 1988. How should this date be entered into an AMVER report?

Accepted Answer

Option B: 022347Z. AMVER reporting protocols require converting local time to UTC. At longitude 149°16.3'E, the zone is UTC+10 hours. Local time 0947 on 3 March minus 10 hours yields 2347 UTC on the preceding day, formatted as 022347Z.

Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 149&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 149°16.3'E at 0947 ZT on 3 March 1988. How should this date be entered into an AMVER report?