At 0500 UT, it would be 4:00 PM PST.
Huh? That's a difference in UTC of
13 hours westward (+5, -8 hours). Or 11 hours eastward (i.e., UTC+11). For what abbreviated "
P" in
PST would that be true?
If "
P" is inended to signify the
Pacific Standard Time of North America, the difference in UTC is only 8 hours westward (i.e., UTC-8).
• At
0500 UT, it would be
4:00 9:00 PM PST, in that
Pacific Standard Time.
• At
0500 0000 UT, it would be
4:00 PM PST, also in that Pacific Standard Time.
The quoted time-zone translation is true for New Caledonia, the Solomon Is., and the Loyalty Is. in the S.W. Pacific, but I'm puzzled about where one would find a prominent "P" for naming a time-zone.
•
Petropavlovsk (Kamchatka, Russian Far East)? No, it's 1 time-zone (UTC+12) too far east.
•
Papua New Guinea (British Commonwealth)? No, it's 1 time-zone (UTC+10) too far west.
•
Perth (Western Oz)? No, it's 3 time-zones (UTC+8) too far west, as also are Rep. of
Philippines and
Peking [
*].
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Note
*: The latter name is certainly
on-topic for "spelling" (but if anyone wants to pursue it, its pursuit probably ought to be in a separate new topic):
"Peking" is the spelling according to the
Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese, developed by 2 Brits from their experience as diplomats in China in the 19
th Century. Their spellings prevailed in English (notably on maps) until the 1970s or 1980s. <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles>.