Nitpick: UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time. The ordering of the letters was chosen to not match the English or the French names so neither language got preference.

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O5vYtytb 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That doesn't quite match what the wikipedia page says:

> The official abbreviation for Coordinated Universal Time is UTC. This abbreviation comes as a result of the International Telecommunication Union and the International Astronomical Union wanting to use the same abbreviation in all languages. The compromise that emerged was UTC, which conforms to the pattern for the abbreviations of the variants of Universal Time (UT0, UT1, UT2, UT1R, etc.).

	▲	shawnz 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Follow the citation: https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/how-utc... > ... in English the abbreviation for coordinated universal time would be CUT, while in French the abbreviation for "temps universel coordonné" would be TUC. To avoid appearing to favor any particular language, the abbreviation UTC was selected.

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userbinator 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Universal Time, Coordinated.

	▲	ChadMoran 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		This is how I say it in my head.

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stavros 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It also stands for Universel Temps Coordonné.

	▲	Aloisius 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's le temps universel coordonné in French.

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ambicapter 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's an interesting rationale.