Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

A) is two-hours ahead of Zulu time, indicating the single moment when all locations on the planet are on the same calendar day.
B) is a method to account for the arbitrary nature in which time zones are designed to follow international boundaries.
C) is the time at the International Date Line.
D) replaced Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and became the legal reference for official time in all countries.
E) established 24 standard meridians around the globe at equal intervals from the prime meridian.


D

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