About Auckland time
Auckland runs on New Zealand Time, among the first major cities in the world to greet each new day at UTC+12 (or UTC+13 in summer).
New Zealand is so far east that it is often the first developed country to enter a new day, making Auckland a symbolic “start of the world clock.” New Zealand also pioneered the modern concept of standard time in 1868 — one of the earliest nations to adopt a nationwide clock. Its summer DST is opposite the Northern Hemisphere, widening the gap to Europe dramatically.
First to see the new dayEarly adopter of standard time (1868)Reversed summer DST