UTC−12 time zone
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The UTC−12 time zone is the world's westernmost time zone, used mainly for uninhabited areas and representing the last place on Earth to experience any given date.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| UTC−12 time zone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15637434 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UTC−12 time zone Context triple: [UTC−11 time zone, neighboringTimeZoneWest, UTC−12 time zone]
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A.
UTC−11 time zone
The UTC−11 time zone is a standard time offset used by a few Pacific island territories, placing local time 11 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and making it one of the last time zones to experience each calendar day.
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B.
Samoa Time Zone
The Samoa Time Zone is a time standard used primarily in the Samoan Islands region of the Pacific, aligning local time for countries such as Samoa and American Samoa.
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C.
Bougainville Standard Time
Bougainville Standard Time is the time zone used in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, set at UTC+11.
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D.
Easter Island Standard Time
Easter Island Standard Time is the time zone used on Chile’s Easter Island, typically four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−6) outside of daylight saving periods.
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E.
Pacific/Chatham
Pacific/Chatham is the IANA time zone identifier for the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, which observe a unique offset slightly ahead of the country’s main time zone.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UTC−12 time zone Target entity description: The UTC−12 time zone is the world's westernmost time zone, used mainly for uninhabited areas and representing the last place on Earth to experience any given date.
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A.
UTC−11 time zone
The UTC−11 time zone is a standard time offset used by a few Pacific island territories, placing local time 11 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and making it one of the last time zones to experience each calendar day.
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B.
Samoa Time Zone
The Samoa Time Zone is a time standard used primarily in the Samoan Islands region of the Pacific, aligning local time for countries such as Samoa and American Samoa.
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C.
Bougainville Standard Time
Bougainville Standard Time is the time zone used in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, set at UTC+11.
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D.
Easter Island Standard Time
Easter Island Standard Time is the time zone used on Chile’s Easter Island, typically four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−6) outside of daylight saving periods.
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E.
Pacific/Chatham
Pacific/Chatham is the IANA time zone identifier for the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, which observe a unique offset slightly ahead of the country’s main time zone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.