---
name: "systemTimeUTC"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Time"]
arma3_since: "2.00"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/systemTimeUTC
revid: 378414
updated: 2026-04-04T08:38:50Z
---

# systemTimeUTC

*Command · Time · Arma 3 v2.00*

## Description

Returns [systemTime](../commands/systemTime.md) according to **U**niversal **T**ime **C**oordinated time scale.

## Syntax

```sqf
systemTimeUTC
```

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md) with [year, month, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond]
- year: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- month: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- day: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- hour: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- minute: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- second: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- millisecond: [Number](../topics/Number.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _UKTime = systemTimeUTC;
```

### Example 2

```sqf
systemTimeUTC apply { if (_x < 10) then { "0" + str _x } else { str _x } }; // ["2021","05","03","14","09","37","593"]
```

### Example 3

```sqf
private _timeUTC = systemTimeUTC;
private _time = systemTime;
private _timeDiffH = (_time select 3) - (_timeUTC select 3);
private _timeDiffM = (_time select 4) - (_timeUTC select 4);
if (_timeDiffM < 0) then
{
    _timeDiffH = _timeDiffH - 1;
    _timeDiffM = _timeDiffM + 60;
};
if (_timeDiffH < -12) then
{
    _timeDiffH = _timeDiffH + 24;
};
if (_timeDiffH > 12) then
{
    _timeDiffH = _timeDiffH - 24;
};
private _timeZone = [_timeDiffH, _timeDiffM]; // hour (_timeDiffH) is in range -12..+12
```

## See also

[systemTime](../commands/systemTime.md) · [date](../commands/date.md) · [time](../commands/time.md) · [dayTime](../commands/dayTime.md) · [diag_tickTime](../commands/diag_tickTime.md) · [serverTime](../commands/serverTime.md) · [missionStart](../commands/missionStart.md) · [diag_deltaTime](../commands/diag_deltaTime.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — systemTimeUTC](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/systemTimeUTC) (revision 378414).</sub>