New Year’s Eve: Midnights around the world

December 28, 2007

New Year’s Eve midnight moments - there are actually 38 of them! Wha? Some time zones are only 30 minutes different and a couple are only 15 minutes different. Weird. Here’s a sampling of New Year times in comparison to Raleigh, NC (USA EST, GMT -5) …you can decide when you start (and stop) toasting

• 5am EST (New York or Raleigh) = The first 01-01 of 2008 in Christmas Island (Kiritimati)
• 6am EST = Midnight in South Pole
• 7am EST = Midnight at Fiji
• 8am EST = Midnight in Sydney, Australia
• 9am EST = Midnight in Guam
• 10am EST = Midnight in Tokyo
• 11am EST = Midnight in Singapore
• Noon EST = Midnight in Bangkok
• 1pm EST = Midnight in Bangladesh or Kazakhstan
• 2pm EST = Midnight in Islamabad, Pakistan
• 3pm EST = Midnight in Dubai
• 4pm EST = Midnight in Moskow
• 5pm EST = Midnight in Cairo, Istanbul, Athens
• 6pm EST = Midnight in Berlin, Rome, Paris, Vienna, Warsaw
• 7pm EST = GMT Midnight! - London, Dublin
• 8pm EST = Midnight in Greenland
• 9pm EST = Midnight in South Sandwich Islands
• 10pm EST = Midnight in Rio de Janeiro
• 11pm EST = Midnight in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Bermuda
• 12 MIDNIGHT EST = Midnight in Raleigh, NYC, Wash DC
• 1am EST 1/1 = Midnight in New Orleans, Mexico City
• 2am EST 1/1 = Midnight in Denver, Baja, Calgary
• 3am EST 1/1 = Midnight in LA, Seattle, Vancouver
• 4am EST 1/1 = Midnight in Alaska
• 5am EST 1/1 = Midnight in Hawaii
• 6am EST 1/1 = LAST to enter New Year = Samoa

Check out this site to see all the places in different time zones and compare to wherever you are.

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