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UTC−12:00
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UTC−12:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −12:00. It is the last to enter a New Year, and is sometimes referred to as the International Date Line West (IDLW) time zone.^[1]

As standard time (year-round)

Oceania

United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
  - Baker Island and Howland Island (strict nature reserves belonging to the United States)^[2]

UTC−12:00 is a nautical time zone comprising the high seas between 180° and 172°30′W longitude, and the time is obtained by subtracting twelve hours from UTC.

Characteristics of UTC−12:00

No inhabited territory lie within this time zone offset, either as standard time or daylight saving time.

A number of inhabited territories lie within the longitudinal limits of this time zone. These are Tonga, Wallis and Futuna and Chatham Islands as well as parts of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia, the US state of Alaska, Fiji, Tokelau and Samoa. However, none of them keep the date and time of UTC−12:00. Instead, they keep the time and date (or just the date) of one of the neighboring zones, usually because they belong, politically, to a country which lies mostly in the neighboring time zone.

Since the International Date Line West (IDLW) time zone represents the last place on Earth a particular time and date exists, this is referred to as Anywhere on Earth (AoE). A deadline specified as "Anywhere on Earth" has not passed if there is a place on Earth where the deadline has not passed, which is equivalent to the statement that the deadline has not passed in the UTC–12:00 zone.^[1]

The IDLW is also used in software testing for time zone related code that uses system default time zone, as in some cases they may be the same as on the developer's computer.^{[citation needed]} Since the area of the IDLW has no programmers or data centers, there is no conflict.

References

^ ^a ^b "IEEE 802.16 AOE Deadline Documentation". IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "UTC-12 time zone". 24 Timezones. 3 June 2023.

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[IEEE-1] "IEEE 802.16 AOE Deadline Documentation". IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[2] "UTC-12 time zone". 24 Timezones. 3 June 2023.

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 [[File:Timezones2008 UTC-12.png|thumb|300px|UTC−12:00: 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. It is the last to enter a [[New Year]], and is sometimes referred to as the [[International Date Line]] West time zone (IDLW).<ref name="IEEE">{{cite web|title=IEEE 802.16 AOL Deadline Documentation|url=http://www.ieee802.org/16/aoe.html|website=IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>
+'''UTC−12:00''' is an identifier for a [[UTC offset|time offset from UTC]] of −12:00. It is the last to enter a [[New Year]], and is sometimes referred to as the '''International Date Line West''' ('''IDLW''') time zone.<ref name="IEEE">{{cite web|title=IEEE 802.16 AOE Deadline Documentation|url=http://www.ieee802.org/16/aoe.html|website=IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee|access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref>
 ==As standard time (year-round)==
 ===Oceania===
-*{{flag|United States}}
+*United States
 **[[United States Minor Outlying Islands]]
-***[[Baker Island]] and [[Howland Island]] (uninhabited islands belonging to the United States)<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 June 2023 |title=UTC-12 time zone |url=https://24timezones.com/time-zone/utc-12:00#gref |url-status=live |website=24 Timezones}}</ref>
+***[[Baker Island]] and [[Howland Island]] ([[strict nature reserve]]s belonging to the United States)<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 June 2023 |title=UTC-12 time zone |url=https://24timezones.com/time-zone/utc-12:00#gref |website=24 Timezones}}</ref>
 UTC−12:00 is a [[Time zone#Nautical time zones|nautical time zone]] comprising the [[high seas]] between [[180th meridian|180°]] and 172°30′W longitude, and the time is obtained by subtracting twelve hours from [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]].
 ==Characteristics of UTC−12:00==
+No inhabited territory lie within this time zone offset, either as standard time or daylight saving time.
-A number of inhabited territories lie within the longitudinal limits of this time zone ([[Tonga]], [[Wallis and Futuna]] and [[Chatham Islands]] as well as parts of [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]] of [[Russia]], the US state of [[Alaska]], [[Fiji]], [[Tokelau]] and [[Samoa]]) but none of them keep the date and time of UTC−12:00. Instead, they keep the time and date (or just the date) of one of the neighboring zones, usually because they belong, politically, to a country which lies mostly in the neighboring time zone.
+A number of inhabited territories lie within the longitudinal limits of this time zone. These are [[Tonga]], [[Wallis and Futuna]] and [[Chatham Islands]] as well as parts of [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]] of [[Russia]], the US state of [[Alaska]], [[Fiji]], [[Tokelau]] and [[Samoa]]. However, none of them keep the date and time of UTC−12:00. Instead, they keep the time and date (or just the date) of one of the neighboring zones, usually because they belong, politically, to a country which lies mostly in the neighboring time zone.
-Since the '''International Date Line West (IDLW)''' time zone represents the last place on [[Earth]] where a particular time and/or date exists, it is referred to as [[Anywhere on Earth]] (AoE). A deadline specified as "Anywhere on Earth" has not passed if, anywhere on Earth, the deadline has not passed, or, equivalently, if the deadline has not passed in the UTC–12:00 zone.<ref name="IEEE"/>
+Since the International Date Line West (IDLW) time zone represents the last place on [[Earth]] a particular time and date exists, this is referred to as [[Anywhere on Earth]] (AoE). A deadline specified as "Anywhere on Earth" has not passed if there is a place on Earth where the deadline has not passed, which is equivalent to the statement that the deadline has not passed in the UTC–12:00 zone.<ref name="IEEE"/>
 The IDLW is also used in [[software testing]] for time zone related code that uses system default time zone, as in some cases they may be the same as on the developer's computer.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} Since the area of the IDLW has no programmers or data centers, there is no conflict.
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 ==See also==
 *[[Greenwich Mean Time]]
-*[[Howland and Baker islands]]
+*[[Howland and Baker Islands]]
 *[[UTC+12:00]]
 *[[UTC+14:00]]