A compromise initialism between English CUT (“Coordinated Universal Time”) and French TUC (“ Temps Universel Coordonne ”), unofficially giving “ U niversal T ime C oordinated” and “ U niversel T emps C oordonne ”.

UTC

1. Coordinated Universal Time , which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.

   Synonym: GMT

• GMT ( “ Greenwich Mean Time ” )
• UT or UT1 ( “ Universal Time ” )
• Zulu time
• military time

• Coordinated Universal Time on Wikipedia. Wikipedia

UTC

1. ( US , law ) Initialism of Uniform Traffic Code .

UTC

1. ( travel , GDS ) Initialism of unable to contact .

• TCU , TUC , UCT , cut