UTC+12:00
{{Short description|Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +12}}
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{{Time zones of Russia}}
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, Suva
=North Asia=
=Oceania=
==Pacific Ocean ==
=== Polynesia ===
=== Micronesia ===
- United States
- Wake Island – Time in the United States
- Marshall Islands
- 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)
- Nauru
=== Melanesia ===
As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter)
Principal cities: Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington
=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 =
- Australia
- Norfolk Island{{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}}
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" [[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|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 Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line by skipping August 21, 1993.{{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=New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=August 22, 1993 |access-date=2019-01-20|df=dmy-all}}
See also
References
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