Timeanddate.com says that UTC was a compromise between English and French speakers.
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/utc-abbreviation.html
My guess is that some people used the term "Universal Coordinated Time" before it got standardized to UTC.
alan
On 3/5/19 11:52 AM, Matt Johnson wrote:
Is there a source or a story about where "UCT" came from? Or are we just further propagating a misspelling?
-Matt
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