UTC+12:00



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
 * Far Eastern Federal District
 * Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai

Polynesia

 * France
 * Wallis and Futuna
 * Tuvalu

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

 * Fiji

As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter)
Principal cities: Wellington, Auckland, Suva

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

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 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, in the Marshall Islands, advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line by skipping August 21, 1993.