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{{Short description|Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +12}}
{{Infobox time zone | UTC = yes}}
[[File:Timezones2011 UTC+12.png|thumb|300px|UTC+12:00 in 2010: blue (December), orange (June), yellow (year-round), light blue (sea areas)]]

'''UTC+12:00''' is an identifier for a [[UTC offset|time offset from UTC]] of +12:00.

==As standard time (year-round)==
Principal cities: Anadyr, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, [[Place:Mata Utu|Mata Utu]], [[Place:Funafuti|Funafuti]], [[Place:Majuro|Majuro]], Yaren, [[Place:South Tarawa|South Tarawa]] on [[Place:Tarawa|Tarawa]]

===North Asia===
*{{wipe|Russia}} – [[Kamchatka Time]]<ref name=ttrussia>{{cite web|url=http://www.timetemperature.com/europe/russia_time_zones.shtml|title=Russia Time Zones – Russia Current Times|publisher=TimeTemperature.com|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref> 
**Far Eastern Federal District
***[[Earth:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug|Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]] and Kamchatka Krai

===Oceania===
====Pacific Ocean ====
===== Polynesia =====
*{{wipe|France}}
**Wallis and Futuna<ref name=wtz12>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldtimezone.com/utc/utc+1200.html|title=Time Zone: UTC +12|work=Time Zones and contained Regions / Areas|publisher=WorldTimeZone.com|access-date=26 August 2012}}</ref>
*Tuvalu<ref name=wtz12/>

===== Micronesia =====
*{{wipe|United States}}
**Wake Island – Time in the United States<ref name=wtz12/>
*Marshall Islands<ref name=wtz12/>
*Kiribati
**Gilbert Islands
***(Including the Islands of Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tamana and [[Place:Tarawa|Tarawa]]) 
*Nauru<ref name=wtz12/>

===== Melanesia =====
*Fiji<ref name=wtz12/>

==As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter)==
''Principal cities: [[Place:Wellington|Wellington]], [[Place:Auckland|Auckland]], [[Place:Suva|Suva]]''
===Oceania===
==== Australasia ====
*[[Earth:New Zealand|New Zealand]] (except [[Earth:Chatham Islands|Chatham Islands]]) – New Zealand Standard Time

===Antarctica===
*Some research bases in [[Earth:Antarctica|Antarctica]], in particular the [[Earth:South Pole|South Pole]] and the [[Engineering:McMurdo Station|McMurdo Station]]. At New Year, these places are the first in the world to see the [[Astronomy:Sun|Sun]], which is then [[Astronomy:Midnight sun|visible at midnight]].

== As daylight saving time (Southern Hemisphere summer) ==
Principal towns: Burnt Pine, [[Place:Kingston, Norfolk Island|Kingston]]

=== Oceania ===
*{{wipe|Australia}}
**[[Earth:Norfolk Island|Norfolk Island]]<ref>{{cite press release |last=Hardgrave |first=Gary |date=3 September 2015 |url=http://regional.gov.au/territories/norfolk_island/administrator/media/2015/ni-a-mr-201526.aspx |title=Norfolk Island standard time changes 4 October 2015 |publisher=Administrator of Norfolk Island |access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref>

== Discrepancies between official UTC+12:00 and geographical UTC+12:00 ==
=== Areas in UTC+12:00 longitudes using other time zones ===
Using [[UTC−10:00|UTC-10:00]]

*United States
** The western part of [[Biography:Aleutian Islands|Aleutian Islands]], [[Earth:Alaska|Alaska]] (standard time) 

=== Areas outside UTC+12:00 longitudes using UTC+12:00 time ===

==== Areas between 157°30′ E and 172°30′ E  ("Physical" [[UTC+11:00|00]]) ====
*Russia
** The western part of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
** Kamchatka Krai
*United States
** Wake Island
*Marshall Islands
*Nauru

==== Areas between 180° and 157°30′ W ("Physical" [[UTC−12:00|UTC-12:00]] and [[UTC−11:00|UTC-11:00]]) ====
*New Zealand
**Kermadec Islands
*Fiji
** Eastern parts, including:
*** Ringgold Isles
*** Northern Lau Group
*** Southern Lau Group
*** Eastern of Moala Group
*** Vatoa Island
*** Ono-i-Lau
*** Tuvana-i-Tholo
* France
** Wallis and Futuna
*Russia
** The eastern of Wrangel Island
** The easternmost part of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, including Chukchi Peninsula and Big Diomede Island (partly within the "physical" UTC-11:00 area)

==Historical changes==
Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, advanced 24 hours to the [[Earth:Eastern Hemisphere|Eastern Hemisphere]] side of the [[Physics:International Date Line|International Date Line]] by skipping August 21, 1993.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/world/in-marshall-islands-friday-is-followed-by-sunday.html |title=In Marshall Islands, Friday Is Followed by Sunday |work={{wipe|New York Times}} |agency=Associated Press |date=August 22, 1993 |access-date=2019-01-20|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==See also==
*Time in New Zealand
*Time in Russia
*[[UTC−12:00|00]]
*[[Wake Island Time Zone]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==


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