UTC+12:00
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Short description: Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +12
| UTC+12:00 | |
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| Time zone | |
 World map with the time zone highlighted | |
| UTC offset | |
| UTC | UTC+12:00 |
| Current time | |
| 03:09, 22 April 2024 UTC+12:00 [refresh] | |
| Central meridian | |
| 180 degrees | |
| Date-time group | |
| M | |
UTC+12:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +12:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Anadyr, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Mata Utu, Funafuti, Majuro, Yaren, South Tarawa on Tarawa
North Asia
- Russia – Kamchatka Time[1]
- Far Eastern Federal District
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai
- Far Eastern Federal District
Oceania
Pacific Ocean
Polynesia
Micronesia
- United States
- Wake Island – Time in the United States[2]
- Marshall Islands[2]
- Kiribati
- Gilbert Islands
- (Including the Islands of Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tamana and Tarawa)
- Gilbert Islands
- Nauru[2]
Melanesia
- Fiji[2]
As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter)
Principal cities: Wellington, Auckland, Suva
Oceania
Australasia
- New Zealand (except Chatham Islands) – New Zealand Standard Time
Antarctica
- Some research bases in Antarctica, in particular the South Pole and the McMurdo Station. At New Year, these places are the first in the world to see the Sun, which is then visible at midnight.
As daylight saving time (Southern Hemisphere summer)
Principal towns: Burnt Pine, Kingston
Oceania
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
- United States
- The western part of Aleutian Islands, Alaska (standard time)
Areas outside UTC+12:00 longitudes using UTC+12:00 time
Areas between 157°30′ E and 172°30′ E ("Physical" 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 and 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
- Eastern parts, including:
- 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 Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line by skipping August 21, 1993.[4]
See also
- Time in New Zealand
- Time in Russia
- 00
- Wake Island Time Zone
References
- ↑ "Russia Time Zones – Russia Current Times". TimeTemperature.com. http://www.timetemperature.com/europe/russia_time_zones.shtml.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Time Zone: UTC +12". Time Zones and contained Regions / Areas. WorldTimeZone.com. http://www.worldtimezone.com/utc/utc+1200.html.
- ↑ Hardgrave, Gary (3 September 2015). "Norfolk Island standard time changes 4 October 2015" (Press release). Administrator of Norfolk Island. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ "In Marshall Islands, Friday Is Followed by Sunday". New York Times. Associated Press. August 22, 1993. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/world/in-marshall-islands-friday-is-followed-by-sunday.html.
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