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UTC

principal time standard that underlies civil times on Earth
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Summary

UTC is a time standard[1]. UTC ranks in the top 6% of time standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,673 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: time zone[3]
  • Based on: International Atomic Time[4], universal time[5]
  • Commons category: Maps of time zones[6]
  • Has part(s): leap second[7]
  • Replaces: universal time[8]
  • Standards body: International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service[9]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/utc[10]
  • Short name: Z[11], UTC[12], СКЧ[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • P14541: 2zyTDx[15], 3zM3sd[16], 1cxohh[17]

Why It Matters

UTC has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] UTC is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . bipm.org. bipm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . zgbk.com. zgbk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → —
    Sitelink count → 155
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'av', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', 'bar', 'bcl', 'be', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Said to be the same as: UTC±00:00"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2zyTDx, 3zM3sd, 1cxohh
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2zyTDx, 3zM3sd, 1cxohh
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541) 2"
  4. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Said to be the same as → —
    Replaces → universal time
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: coordinated-universal-time, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289917396|coordinated universal time (#289917396)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/"
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