Also known as: r – Romeo Time, Romeo
![Time zone map of R](http://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210211044710im_/https://c.tadst.com/gfx/tzpage/r.1612126800.png?1426)
Romeo Time Zone (R) is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a military time zone.
Where and When is R Observed?
Romeo Time Zone is often used in aviation and the military as another name for UTC -5. Romeo Time Zone is also commonly used at sea between longitudes 82.5° West and 67.5° West.
The letter R may be used as a suffix to denote a time being in the Romeo Time Zone, such as 08:00R or 0800R. This is spoken as "zero eight hundred Romeo".
Some places with the same time as Romeo Time Zone
- Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA
- New York, New York, USA
- Lima, Lima, Peru
- Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Havana, Cuba
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Bogota, Colombia
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Only showing up to 16 cities, others may also be observing Romeo Time Zone.
This time zone is no longer in use, but some locations may observe the same UTC offset (local time) under a different name.Other Time Zones in UTC -5
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as R, but can be found under a different name: