Humanism in the age of Henry VIII. London ; Dover, N.H. : Croom Helm, 1986 (OCoLC)795302915: Named Person: Henry, King of England; Henry, King of England; Henry, King of England: Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: Maria Dowling
Prior to 1972, this time was called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) but is now referred to as Coordinated Universal Time or Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). It is a coordinated time scale, maintained by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). It is also known as Z time or Zulu Time.
The current time and date right now. Coordinated Universal Time or UTC is a standard, not a time zone. In other words, it is the base point for all other time zones in the world. They are determined by their difference to UTC. UTC is represented as UTC +0. Coordinated Universal Time is a 24-hour time standard that is used to synchronize world clocks.