It was sent (supposedly) at midnight German time, meant to arrive before 5:30PM Washington time. Z is Zulu/UTC time? None of this adds up.
Have spent WAY too much time trying to figure out WWII time zones. OK. This telegram was received at 2024Z on July 21, 1945. But —pic.twitter.com/qPhsrMV2Xb
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Washington would have been on Eastern War Time = EDT = UCT-4? Allied occupied Germany under either CET (UCT+1) or CEST (UCT+2) in 1945?
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I am struggling to get these time stamps to make any sense. The Zulu times seem hours off of when they are supposed to have been sent.
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Open to any insights and ideas! Have considered time to encrypt/decrypt but sometimes outgoing/incoming time stamps only vary by 1 min.
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Looks like 212043Z to me, 9:20pm GMT, 5:20pm EDT. Summer, so Germany would be 11:20pm? Somewhat close to midnight.
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The 21 is the date (July 21). So 212043Z means the 21st, at 20:43 Z (UTC/Zulu). I know, confusing...
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Ah. Post WWII Soviet Zone Germany & Berlin were UTC+0300 so the telegram was sent 23:43 Berlin time -- close to midnight!
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What is this for? I wish I could help you.
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