Time Zones| Zone areas | Time now | January 2026 | July 2026 | Largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | --:-- | UTC−11 | UTC−11 | no large city |
| Wake | --:-- | UTC+12 | UTC+12 | no large city |
How many times does the United States Minor Outlying Islands have?
The IANA database lists 2 separate zone areas for the United States Minor Outlying Islands. Grouped by the time they actually show through 2026, that makes 2 different clocks, listed above. The offsets in use run from UTC−11 to UTC+12 in January.
None of them changes its clocks during the year.
Planning across the country
When you fix a call or a broadcast for people in several parts of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, give the time with its zone, or use the converter to show every zone at once.
Where most people are
Measured by the people living in towns of 15,000 or more (GeoNames figures), the busiest clock in the United States Minor Outlying Islands is the one kept in Midway, UTC−11 in January: about 0 people, or 0% of the total across all the zone areas. The other clock, Wake (UTC+12), covers only places with no town that large.
A worked example
When it is 9:00 am in Midway in January, it is 8:00 am in Wake (next day).
The widest gap inside the country
The two clocks that are farthest apart differ by 23 hours in January, and by the same amount in July.
United States Minor Outlying Islands and the rest of the world
When it is 12:00 noon in Midway, it is 4:30 am the next day in India; 11:00 pm in London in January and 12:00 am the next day in July; 6:00 pm in New York in January and 7:00 pm in July. Other parts of the United States Minor Outlying Islands are earlier or later than that by the amounts in the table at the top of this page.