Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 149°16.3'W 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 D — 031947Z
At longitude 149°16.3'W, the time zone is +10 hours. Adding 10 hours to local time 0947 on March 3 advances the clock to 1947 UTC on March 3, formatted for AMVER transmission as 031947Z.
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