Safety & Environmental Protection (Deck) USCG Question #446 (Set 13)

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?

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option C — 022347Z

At longitude 149°16.3'E, the time zone is -10 hours. Applying this offset to 0947 local time on 3 March shifts the time back to 2347 UTC on the preceding day, 2 March, expressed in AMVER format as 022347Z.

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