AoE – Anywhere on Earth
AoE is UTC−12.
Anywhere on Earth (AoE) is a convention for deadlines: a deadline is met if it is still that date anywhere in the world. That means the last time zone to finish the day, UTC−12.
A deadline of "May 1, 23:59 AoE" ends at 12:00 (noon) UTC on May 2. It's popular for academic conferences and paper submissions. No place actually lives on UTC−12; only the uninhabited Baker and Howland Islands lie in it.
Convert AoE to other time zones
When it's 12:00 PM AoE:
| Zone | Difference | Time |
|---|---|---|
| UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) | +12 h | 12:00 AM |
| EST (Eastern Standard Time) | +7 h | 7:00 PM |
| CST (Central Standard Time) | +6 h | 6:00 PM |
| PST (Pacific Standard Time) | +4 h | 4:00 PM |
| GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) | +12 h | 12:00 AM |
| CET (Central European Time) | +13 h | 1:00 AM |
| IST (India Standard Time) | +17.5 h | 5:30 AM |
| CST (China Standard Time) | +20 h | 8:00 AM |
| JST (Japan Standard Time) | +21 h | 9:00 AM |
| AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) | +22 h | 10:00 AM |
To convert a specific time and date, with daylight saving applied, use the time zone converter.
Questions people ask
What does AoE stand for?
AoE stands for Anywhere on Earth, which is UTC−12.
What does AoE mean for a deadline?
That you can submit until the end of that date in the last time zone on Earth, UTC−12. In US Eastern Time that's 7:59 AM (or 8:59 AM in summer) on the following day.