2018 is almost upon us, and as we await the arrival of the new year, let’s take a look at timezones, and in what order various selected countries will enter the new year.
Using Nigeria as central time, this is when the world will welcome 2018:
- Sun 9:00 Kingdom of Tonga
- Sun 10:00 New Zealand
- Sun 12:00 – 14:15 Australia
- Sun 14:00 Japan & South Korea
- Sun 14:30 North Korea
- Sun 15:00 China, Philippines, Singapore
- Sun 16:00 Most of Indonesia
- Sun 16:30 Myanmar and Cocos Islands
- Sun 17:00 Bangladesh
- Sun 17:15 Nepal
- Sun 17:30 India and Sri Lanka
- Sun 18:00 Pakistan
- Sun 18:30 Afghanistan
- Sun 19:00 Azerbaijan
- Sun 19:30 Iran
- Sun 20:00 Moscow/Russia
- Sun 21:00 Greece
- Sun 22:00 Germany
- Sun 23:00 United Kingdom
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Mon 00:00 Nigeria
- Mon 01-2:00 Brazil
- Mon 02:00 Argentina, Paraguay
- Mon 02:30-7:00 USA, Canada
- Mon 08:00 Alaska
- Mon 09:00 Hawaii
- Mon 10:00 American Samoa
- Mon 11:00 US outlying islands (Baker Island, Howland Island etc)