Time Zone History

Tarawa time zone history

The zone’s clock record is used in 5 countries and territories today. On standard time, clocks in Tarawa run 28 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+12

Standard time is UTC+12 all year under the current rules.

Covers: Gilbert Islands · tz database name Pacific/Tarawa

Convert a time from Tarawa

UTC+12 every day since 1970

UTC+11:32:04: 28 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+12: today’s standard timeUTC+11:32:04: 28 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+12: today’s standard time

How to read this chart

Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1901Local mean time (UTC+11:32:04) replacedUTC+12numeric only

Also on UTC+12

Nauru, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Auckland (New Zealand), Kamchatka (Russia) and Anadyr (Russia).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Nauru (710 km): same time except 3,327 days in 1970–1979.
  • Marshall Islands (1,058 km): same time except 8,634 days in 1970–1993.
  • Micronesia (1,193 km): same time except 10,228 days in 1998–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Kanton Island (1,762 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 9,130 days in 1970–1994.
  • Solomon Islands (1,869 km): always 1 hour behind.

How it compares

The Tarawa zone has kept UTC+12 since 1901, with no clock changes since 1970.