- Jan 5
- 2 min read
Navigating your time as a freelance entrepreneur is a mindful task. It includes the possibility of being busy with work outside of your local time zone and home country if you work as an international freelancer. UTC is a valuable reference and comes in great use for your business endeavors if you serve the world internationally.
What is UTC?
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard used globally to regulate clocks and time. It serves as the basis for civil time and time zones, ensuring global synchronization. UTC was introduced on January 1, 1960, and is defined by atomic time, making it highly precise. It facilitates international communication, navigation, scientific research, and commerce.
In freelance terms, it's a universal business time structure that connects us to the many opportunities for the services we provide worldwide. The time system operates on a 24-hour military schedule, with 12:00 being noon for everyone. According to your local time zone, you will either be (UTC-) or (UTC+) and a certain number of hours behind or ahead. For example, 4:00 PM EST is 21:00 UTC, a 5-hour difference behind, so to calculate UTC, you will add 5 hours.
How is this useful?
If you want to make international networking connections, get hired for jobs, and be able to stay connected to worldwide business operations, using and operating in UTC can open many doors. Many popular freelance jobs for international freelancers include translators, language teachers, graphic designers, artists, and communications professionals. These are high-paying jobs, and you can set your price.
Grow your brand by being connected to the world. When you keep up with what's going on outside of your time zone, you're able to connect to a wider range of opportunities that grow international business relationships.
Below is a chat for UTC. Imagine your time zone was CST and your local time is 7:00 PM....find the CST section, read down that section until you find 7:00 PM, then read to the right under the UTC section and read 01:00...so the UTC that corresponds with 7:00 PM CST is 01:00...it's 1:00 AM in Greenwich, England THE NEXT DAY! No,w looking at this from the Greenwich time zone at 00:00 to the left, then it would be 7:00 pm in the Central Time Zone THE PREVIOUS DAY. Remember, at midnight, the day changes either forward or backward depending on the direction of your conversion and your location.
Would you utilize UTC to expand your freelance career?
Yes! It will help me connect with opportunities worldwide.
No, too complicated.