New Years Eve is counting down around the world

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The Pacific islands of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati were the first to be seen in the new year – when it was 5 a.m. on the east coast of the United States and 11 a.m. UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, the global standard) on December 31. New Zealand was next, an hour later.

Just 163 miles from Samoa but in an entirely different time zone, American Samoa will have to wait a full day before it can see in 2021.
There are 39 different local times in use – including two that are more than 12 hours from UTC – meaning it will take 26 hours for the entire world to start the New Year.
So if you really, really really love to hum “Auld Lang Syne”, the list below will get you in the mood – time and time again.

This is when the world has been and will be ringing in the new year, relative to the east coast time.

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

5 p.m. ET Samoa, Tonga and Christmas Island / Kiribati

5:15 am Chatham Islands / New Zealand

6 hours New Zealand (with a few exceptions) and five more locations / islands

Fireworks explode over Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, during New Year's celebrations in 2021. New Zealand and its South Pacific neighbors do not have COVID-19, and New Year's celebrations are the same as ever.

7 hours Small region of Russia and seven more locations

8 in the morning Much of Australia and seven others (including Melbourne and Sydney)

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge to ring in 2021. A million people would usually throng Sydney Harbor to watch the annual fireworks that take center stage on Sydney Harbor Bridge. But this year, authorities advised partygoers to watch the fireworks on television.

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

9 o’clock Queensland / Australia and six more (including Brisbane)

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

10 hours Japan, South Korea and four more

10:15 am Western Australia / Australia

11 hours China, Philippines and 10 more

Afternoon Much of Indonesia, Thailand and seven others

12.30 pm. Myanmar and Cocos Islands

1 o’clock in the afternoon Bangladesh and six more

1:15 PM Nepal

1.30 pm India and Sri Lanka

14.00 hours Pakistan, and eight more

2.30 pm Afghanistan

3 pm Azerbaijan and eight others

3.30 pm Iran

16.00 hours Moscow / Russia and 22 more

5:00 pm Greece and 31 others (including Egypt, South Africa and Romania)

6 pm Germany and 45 others (including Algeria, Italy, Belgium and France)

19:00 United Kingdom and 24 more (including Portugal and Iceland)

8 pm Cabo Verde and two more

9 o’clock in the evening Regions of Brazil and South Georgia / Sandwich Islands

10 pm Most of Brazil, Angetina and nine others

10.30 pm Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada

23 hours Some regions of Canada and 28 more

Wednesday January 1, 2020

Midnight USA (east coast) and Cuba

1 hour USA (Central), Mexico and nine more

2 o’clock US (Mountain) and two more

3 hours US (Pacific) and four more

4 hours USA (Alaska) and regions of French Polynesia

4.30 am Marquesas Islands / French Polynesia

5 hours. USA (Hawaii) and two more

6 hours American Samoa and two more

7 hours Much of the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (unincorporated U.S. Pacific Territories)

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