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
Funafuti is an atoll, comprising numerous islets, that serves as the capital of Tuvalu. As of the 2017 census, it has a population of 6,320 people. More people live in Funafuti than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with it containing approximately 6 ...
,
Majuro
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,
Yaren,
South Tarawa on
Tarawa,
Suva
Suva (, ) is the Capital city, capital and the most populous city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rew ...
''
North Asia
*
Russia
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–
Kamchatka Time
**
Far Eastern Federal District
The Far Eastern Federal District ( rus, Дальневосточный федеральный округ, p=dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstot͡ɕnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is the largest and the least populated federal districts of Russia, federa ...
***
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and
Kamchatka Krai
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Oceania
Pacific Ocean
= Polynesia
=
*
France
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**
Wallis and Futuna
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*
Tuvalu
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[
]
= Micronesia
=
*United States
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** Wake Island – Time in the United States[
*]Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The territory consists of 29 c ...
[
*]Kiribati
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** Gilbert Islands
***(Including the Islands of Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tamana and Tarawa)
* Nauru[
]
= Melanesia
=
*Fiji
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[
]
As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter)
''Principal cities: Auckland
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, Christchurch
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, Wellington
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''
Oceania
Australasia
*New Zealand
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(except Chatham Islands
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) – New Zealand Standard Time
Antarctica
*Some research bases in Antarctica
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, in particular the South Pole
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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
*Australia
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** Norfolk Island
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
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(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)
*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
* 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
Kwajalein Atoll (; Marshallese language, Marshallese: ) is part of the Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking re ...
, in the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The territory consists of 29 c ...
, advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line by skipping August 21, 1993.
See also
* Time in New Zealand
* Time in Russia
* UTC−12:00
* Wake Island Time Zone
References
External links
*
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