| UTC+12:00 | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | |
 World map with the time zone highlighted | |
| UTC offset | |
| UTC | UTC+12:00 |
| Current time | |
| 12:44, 17 May 2026 UTC+12:00 [refresh] | |
| Central meridian | |
| 180 degrees | |
| Date-time group | |
| M | |
| 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) |
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
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
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
- New Zealand
- Fiji
- Eastern parts, including:
- Ringgold Isles
- Northern Lau Group
- Southern Lau Group
- Eastern of Moala Group
- Vatoa Island
- Ono-i-Lau
- Tuvana-i-Tholo
- Eastern parts, including:
- 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
References
- "Russia Time Zones – Russia Current Times". TimeTemperature.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- "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.