UTC−12:00
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| UTC−12:00 | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | |
 World map with the time zone highlighted | |
| UTC offset | |
| UTC | UTC±00:00 |
| Current time | |
| 12:38, 6 August 2024 UTC−12:00 [refresh] | |
| Observance of DST | |
| DST is observed throughout this time zone. | |
UTC−12:00 is a time offset that subtracts 12 hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Therefore the last to celebrate a New Year.
As standard time (all year round)
Oceania
- United States
- Baker Island and Howland Island (uninhabited islands belonging to the United States)
UTC−12 is a nautical time zone comprising the high seas between 180° and 172°30′W longitude. Subtract twelve hours from Coordinated Universal Time to obtain the time for this zone. Ships using this time are the last to begin each calendar day.
Characteristics of the time zone which observes UTC-12
A number of inhabited islands lie within the longitudinal limits of this time zone, but none of them keeps the date and time of UTC-12. Instead, they keep the time and date (or just the date) of one of the neighbouring zones, usually because they belong, politically, to an island group whose other members lie mostly in the neighbouring time zone.
Since the International Date Line West (IDLW) time-zone represents the last place on earth where any date exists, it is sometimes used for deadlines and referred to as Anywhere on Earth (AoE).
See also
- UTC+12:00
- UTC+14:00, the first time zone to start a new day
- Howland and Baker islands
References
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