The clock in the cockpit is 3 hours early

[Silent Film]

The clock in the cockpit is 3 hours early. For example, when it is 7 PM, the clock shows 4 PM.

[SAB0T]

anyone gunna tell him?

[Galinette]

It's UTC, and you can also adjust the time yourself

[Silent Film]

On 5/11/2025 at 8:52 AM, Galinette said:

It's UTC, and you can also adjust the time yourself

There is no reason whatsoever that the clock in the cockpit should be automatically adjusted to the Greenwich time and not the time in the mission.

[BIGNEWY]

Just now, Silent Film said:

There is no reason whatsoever that the clock in the cockpit should be automatically adjusted to the Greenwich time and not the time in the mission.

Hi, GMT / UTC is also the same as ZULU which is the NATO standard time used for the military. 

[razo+r]

28 minutes ago, Silent Film said:

There is no reason whatsoever that the clock in the cockpit should be automatically adjusted to the Greenwich time and not the time in the mission.

There is no reason to use local time, UTZ/Zulu time is basically the only used time in aviation.

Imagine having to coordinate a package in an area with one or more time zone borders inbetween, that can cause a lot of issues so UTC is used instead.

Edited yesterday at 09:35 AM by razo+r

[Dragon1-1]

Sometimes a mission could be briefed with TOTs and such in local time, but as converting between local and Zulu is fairly straightforward, in-cockpit clocks would typically be set to Zulu.