In which country is the Antarctica/South_Pole timezone located?

The timezone Antarctica/South_Pole is mainly used in Antarctica .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is Antarctica/South_Pole . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of Antarctica/South_Pole to UTC?

The current time difference for Antarctica/South_Pole is exactly UTC+12:00 .

Timezone

Antarctica/South_Pole

UTC +12:00 NZST DST off

06:45:57

Friday, June 26, 2026 at 6:45:57 AM

Wk 26

Day 177/365

Unix 1782413157

Day progress

since 00:00 06:45:57 until 24:00 17:14:03

Current time in Antarctica/South_Pole

The details for Antarctica/South_Pole are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-06-26T06:45:57+1200
RFC 3339: 2026-06-26T06:45:57+12:00
RFC 2822: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:45:57 +1200
Ordinal Day of the Week: 5
Ordinal Day of the Year: 177
Ordinal Week Number: 26
ISO week date: 2026-W26-5
Quarter: 2
Epoch (milliseconds): 1782413157074

Timezone Details

Timezone: Antarctica/South_Pole
Timezone Abbreviation: NZST
ISO-3166-2: AQ
Country Name: Antarctica
Other time zones using the abbreviation NZST: Antarctica/McMurdo, NZ and Pacific/Auckland

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-06-25T18:45:57+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +12:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+12:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 43200
Unixtime: 1782413157

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: 2026-04-05 02:00:00 (Offset 46800 → 43200)
Next change: 2026-09-27 03:00:00 (Offset 43200 → 46800)
Current offset: UTC+12:00

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "abbreviation": "NZST",
    "datetime": "2026-06-26T06:45:57+1200",
    "day_of_week": 5,
    "day_of_year": 177,
    "week_number": 26,
    "iso_week_date": "2026-W26-5",
    "quarter": 2,
    "epoch_ms": 1782413157074,
    "has_dst": true,
    "is_dst": false,
    "dst_last": "2026-04-05 02:00:00",
    "dst_last_local": "2026-04-05T02:00:00+12:00",
    "dst_last_utc": "2026-04-04T14:00:00Z",
    "dst_next": "2026-09-27 03:00:00",
    "dst_next_local": "2026-09-27T03:00:00+13:00",
    "dst_next_utc": "2026-09-26T14:00:00Z",
    "dst_offset": 43200,
    "dst_from": "2026-09-26T14:00:00.000000+00:00",
    "dst_until": null,
    "raw_offset": 43200,
    "timezone": "Antarctica\/South_Pole",
    "unixtime": 1782413157,
    "utc_datetime": "2026-06-25T18:45:57+0000",
    "utc_offset": "+12:00",
    "display_utc_offset": "UTC+12:00",
    "rfc3339": "2026-06-26T06:45:57+12:00",
    "rfc2822": "Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:45:57 +1200",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'NZST'
datetime: '2026-06-26T06:45:57+1200'
day_of_week: 5
day_of_year: 177
week_number: 26
iso_week_date: '2026-W26-5'
quarter: 2
epoch_ms: 1782413157074
has_dst: true
is_dst: false
dst_last: '2026-04-05 02:00:00'
dst_last_local: '2026-04-05T02:00:00+12:00'
dst_last_utc: '2026-04-04T14:00:00Z'
dst_next: '2026-09-27 03:00:00'
dst_next_local: '2026-09-27T03:00:00+13:00'
dst_next_utc: '2026-09-26T14:00:00Z'
dst_offset: 43200
dst_from: '2026-09-26T14:00:00.000000+00:00'
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 43200
timezone: 'Antarctica/South_Pole'
unixtime: 1782413157
utc_datetime: '2026-06-25T18:45:57+0000'
utc_offset: '+12:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+12:00'
rfc3339: '2026-06-26T06:45:57+12:00'
rfc2822: 'Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:45:57 +1200'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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