On Dec. 31, at 5 a.m., at 5 p.m., people in Samoa will already be firing their fireworks.
You can thank the time zones for that.
This is when the world will sound the new year, in relation to the time of the east coast.
Monday, December 31, 2018
5 h Samoa and Christmas Island / Kiribati
5:15 p.m. Chatham Islands / New Zealand
6 h New Zealand (with exceptions) and five more locations / islands
7 h Small region of Russia and six more locations
8 h Much of Australia and eight more
8:30 p.m. Small region of Australia
9 h Queensland / Australia and six more
9:30 p.m. Northern Territory / Australia
10 h Japan, South Korea and four more
10:15 h Western Australia / Australia
10:30 h North Korea
11 h China, Philippines and 10 more
Noon Much of Indonesia, Thailand and seven more
12:30 p.m.. Myanmar and the Cocos Islands
1 p.m. Bangladesh and six more
1:15 p.m. Nepal
13:30 h India and Sri Lanka
14.00 h Pakistan and eight more
2:30 p.m. Afghanistan
3 p.m. Azerbaijan and eight more
15:30 h Iran
4 p.m. Moscow / Russia and 22 more
17.00 h Greece and 31 more
6 p.m. Germany and 43 more
7 p.m. United Kingdom and 26 more
8 p.m. Cape Verde and two more
9 p.m. Regions of Brazil and South Georgia / Sandwich Is.
10 p.m. Argentina, regions of Brazil and nine more
22:30 h Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada
23 h Some regions of Canada and 29 more
Tuesday, January 1, 2020
Midnight USA (east coast), regions of Canada, Colombia and 11 more
1 h USA (center), Mexico and eight more
2 h USA (mountain) and two more
3 h USA (Pacific) and four more
4 h USA (Alaska) and regions of French Polynesia
4:30 p.m. Marquesas Islands / French Polynesia
5 h. USA (Hawaii) and two more
6 h American Samoa and two more
7 h Much of the smaller peripheral islands of the USA (unincorporated American territories in the Pacific)