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UTC+12 time now

Places that keep the time UTC+12, which is 12 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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The time at UTC+12 right now, from your device's clock.

What UTC+12 means

A clock set to UTC+12 shows UTC plus 12 hours. When it is 12:00 noon UTC, it is 12:00 am next day here. Compared with India (UTC+5:30) it is 6 hours 30 minutes ahead.

Converting to and from UTC+12

To turn UTC into this time, add 12 hours. To go back to UTC, subtract the same amount. Three examples: 6:00 am UTC is 6:00 pm here; 3:00 pm UTC is 3:00 am here on the next day; 9:00 am here is 9:00 pm UTC on the previous day. The calendar date changes whenever the sum passes midnight.

Where UTC+12 sits on the map

The Earth turns 15 degrees of longitude every hour. The line where the sun-time matches UTC+12 exactly is 180° east. The places that use it are spread much wider than that one line. Of the main cities listed below, Mata-Utu (176.2° west) is the farthest west and Funafuti (179.2° east) the farthest east. By the sun they are about 23 hours 41 minutes apart, yet their clocks agree.

Who is on UTC+12, and when

8 zone areas in 7 countries and territories keep UTC+12 through the whole year. The towns of 15,000 or more there hold about 692,000 people (GeoNames figures). 2 more zone areas are on it for only part of the year: for 1 of them it is the standard (winter) time and for 1 it is the moved (summer) time. That is why the number of people on UTC+12 rises and falls with the seasons.

Noon at UTC+12 elsewhere

When a clock on UTC+12 shows 12:00 noon, it is 5:30 am in India; 12:00 am in London in January and 1:00 am in July; 7:00 pm the previous day in New York in January and 8:00 pm the previous day in July; 9:00 am in Tokyo. For any other place or date, use the converter.

Largest cities on this time

Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Nasinu, Suva, Lautoka, Yelizovo.

All year

These places keep UTC+12 through the whole year.

Part of the year

These places are on UTC+12 for part of the year and move their clocks for the rest. Open one for its dates.

Neighbouring offsets: UTC+10:30, UTC+11, UTC+12:45, UTC+13. All UTC offsets.