Thibaud, As far as I can tell, NIST, and Howse using the Admiralty Chart 5006, use the notation you are familiar with. Perhaps there is a reversed notation using lower-case letters. I sent a query to the Webmaster of Greenwich 2000, and will let the list know if there is a response.
Thank you for calling my attention to this matter. Gordon At 10:40 AM 6/21/98 +0200, Thibaud Taudin-Chabot wrote: >I checked that page. >When I was in the (Dutch) Navy we were living in Alpha zone. According the >table I am now living in November zone. Also in my time zone Juliet did not >excist. > >I checked my (old) books and there it was: >'Zones to the eastward are letterd A to M (J is omitted), those to the >westward being letterd N to Y.' >(Admirality Manual of Navigation, Vol I, 1970, page 359) > >Are those names changed in the meantime? > > > >At 09:26 20-6-98 -0700, you wrote: >>The following page has names for most time zones. >> >>http://time.greenwich2000.com/time/info/timezone.htm
