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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.

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

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)
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

Australia
- Norfolk Island^[3]

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 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.^[4]

References

^ "Russia Time Zones – Russia Current Times". TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Time Zone: UTC +12". Time Zones and contained Regions / Areas. WorldTimeZone.com. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ 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. 22 August 1993. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

External links

Media related to UTC+12:00 at Wikimedia Commons

[ttrussia-1] "Russia Time Zones – Russia Current Times". TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[wtz12-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Time Zone: UTC +12". Time Zones and contained Regions / Areas. WorldTimeZone.com. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[3] Hardgrave, Gary (3 September 2015). "Norfolk Island standard time changes 4 October 2015" (Press release). Administrator of Norfolk Island. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[4] "In Marshall Islands, Friday Is Followed by Sunday". New York Times. Associated Press. 22 August 1993. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

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-''Principal cities: [[Anadyr (town)|Anadyr]], [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]], [[Mata Utu]], [[Funafuti]], [[Majuro]], [[Yaren_District|Yaren]], [[South Tarawa]] on [[Tarawa]]''
+Principal cities: [[Anadyr (town)|Anadyr]], [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]], [[Mata Utu]], [[Funafuti]], [[Majuro]], [[Yaren_District|Yaren]], [[South Tarawa]] on [[Tarawa]]
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-*Time bases in [[Antarctica]]. See also [[Time in Antarctica]]
-*[[Chile]]
-**[[Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme]]
-*[[Norway]]
-**[[Peter I Island]]
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-**[[Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station]]
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 == As daylight saving time (Southern Hemisphere summer) ==
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 == Discrepancies between official UTC+12:00 and geographical UTC+12:00 ==
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 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
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**Time in Russia**
KALT	Kaliningrad Time	UTC+2	(MSK−1)
MSK	Moscow Time	UTC+3	(MSK±0)
SAMT	Samara Time	UTC+4	(MSK+1)
YEKT	Yekaterinburg Time	UTC+5	(MSK+2)
OMST	Omsk Time	UTC+6	(MSK+3)
KRAT	Krasnoyarsk Time	UTC+7	(MSK+4)
IRKT	Irkutsk Time	UTC+8	(MSK+5)
YAKT	Yakutsk Time	UTC+9	(MSK+6)
VLAT	Vladivostok Time	UTC+10	(MSK+7)
MAGT	Magadan Time	UTC+11	(MSK+8)
PETT	Kamchatka Time	UTC+12	(MSK+9)