New Year’s Eve countdowns around the world

New Year’s Eve countdowns around the world

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The Pacific Island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati were the first to see the new year – when it was still 5 am on December 31 on the east coast of the United States and 11 am UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, the global standard) The New Zealand was next, an hour later.

American Samoa, just 101 miles from Samoa, but in a totally different time zone, must wait a full day before seeing in 2021.
There are 39 different local times in use – including two that are more than 12 hours ahead of UTC – meaning that the whole world takes 26 hours to enter the New Year.
So, if you really, really, really I love to hum “Auld Lang Syne”, the list below will put you in the spirit – over and over.

This is where the world was and will be playing in the new year, in relation to the East Coast time.

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

5am ​​ET Samoa, Tonga and Christmas Island / Kiribati

5:15 am Chatham Islands / New Zealand

6 a.m New Zealand (with some exceptions) and five more locations / islands

Fireworks go off at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, during the New Year celebrations of 2021. New Zealand and its neighboring South Pacific islands do not have COVID-19, and the New Year celebrations are the same as ever.

7am Small region of Russia and seven more locations

8 am Much of Australia and seven more (including Melbourne and Sydney)

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge to play in 2021. One million people flock to Sydney Harbor to watch the annual fireworks that focus on the Sydney Harbor Bridge. But this year the authorities advised revelers to watch the fireworks on television.

8:30 am Small region of Australia (including Adelaide)

9 am Queensland / Australia and six more (including Brisbane)

9:30 am Northern Territory / Australia (including Alice Springs)

10 a.m Japan, South Korea and four more

10:15 am Western Australia / Australia

11am China, Philippines and 10 more

Midday Much of Indonesia, Thailand and seven more

12:30. Myanmar and Cocos Islands

1 pm Bangladesh and six more

1:15 pm Nepal

1:30 pm India and Sri Lanka

2 PM Pakistan and eight more

2:30 pm Afghanistan

3 pm Azerbaijan and eight more

3:30 pm Will

4 pm Moscow / Russia and 22 more

5 pm Greece and 31 others (including Egypt, South Africa and Romania)

6 PM Germany and 45 more (including Algeria, Italy, Belgium and France)

7 PM UK and 24 more (including Portugal and Iceland)

8 pm Cape Verde and two more

9 pm Regions of Brazil and South Georgia / Sandwich Islands

10 pm Most of Brazil, Angetina and nine more

10:30 pm Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada

11 pm Some regions of Canada and 28 more

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Midnight USA (East Coast) and Cuba

1 am USA (Central), Mexico and nine more

2 am US (Mountain) and two more

3 am USA (Pacific) and four more

4 a.m USA (Alaska) and French Polynesia regions

4:30 Marquesas Islands / French Polynesia

5 in the morning. USA (Hawaii) and two more

6 a.m American Samoa and two more

7am Much of the small peripheral islands of the USA (non-US territories in the Pacific)

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