UTC−11:00 explained

UTC−11:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −11:00. This time is used in Niue, American Samoa, Swains Island, and parts of the United States Minor Outlying Islands.^[1] This is the latest inhabited time zone, meaning this is the last inhabited time zone to celebrate the New Year, as the world's latest time zone occurs only in strict nature reserves, such as Howland and Baker Island.

As standard time (year-round)

Principal settlements: Alofi, Pago Pago, Tafuna

Oceania

Pacific Ocean

Polynesia

• Niue
• United States – Samoa Time Zone
  • American Samoa
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
    • Jarvis Island
    • Kingman Reef
    • Midway Atoll^[2]
    • Palmyra Atoll

Formerly within

• Kiribati
  • Phoenix Islands (of which only Canton Island is inhabited) (Phoenix Islands Time) advanced 24 hours to the eastern hemisphere side of the International Date Line by skipping December 31, 1994.^[3]
• New Zealand
  • Tokelau – Time in Tokelau advanced 24 hours to the eastern hemisphere side of the International Date Line by skipping December 30, 2011.^[4]
• Samoa – Time in Samoa advanced 24 hours to the eastern hemisphere side of the International Date Line by skipping December 30, 2011.^[5]
• United States
  • Bering Standard Time – Before Alaska Standard Time was adopted across almost all of Alaska (other than the Aleutian Islands, which adopted the Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone) in 1983, Nome, and the Aleutian Islands were previously in Bering Standard time.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://24timezones.com/time-zone/utc-11:00#gref UTC-11:00
2. Web site: Midway Atoll: Midway Islands. WorldTimeZone. 24 July 2012.
3. Lane, Megan (10 May 2011) "How does a country change its time zone?". BBC News. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
4. News: Tokelau to join Samoa and leap forward over dateline . BBC News . October 6, 2011 . May 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20121029123306/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15197275 . 29 October 2012 .
5. News: Samoa to change time zones and move forward by a day. McCabe. Joanne. May 9, 2011. Metro. https://web.archive.org/web/20121228090307/http://metro.co.uk/2011/05/09/samoa-to-change-time-zones-and-move-forward-by-a-day-4432/. December 28, 2012. dead .
6. News: Turner . Wallace . Alaska's four time zones now two . 11 October 2022 . The New York Times . 1 November 1983.