New Year's Around the Globe
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 12:17
I had planned to start this an hour ago, but Jolt wasn't co-operating. Here's what I'm going to do: keep track of the places that reach midnight as the day progresses. Here's what we've had so far--
5:00 AM EST (1000 GMT) -- Christmas Island, Kiribati
5:15 AM EST (1015 GMT) -- Chatham Island, NZ
6:00 AM EST (1100 GMT) -- New Zealand; Tonga
More updates throughout the day. I'm up until 6:00 AM EST tomorrow. :eek: :D
Harlesburg
31-12-2005, 12:59
I had planned to start this an hour ago, but Jolt wasn't co-operating. Here's what I'm going to do: keep track of the places that reach midnight as the day progresses. Here's what we've had so far--
5:00 AM EST (1000 GMT) -- Christmas Island, Kiribati
5:15 AM EST (1015 GMT) -- Chatham Island, NZ
6:00 AM EST (1100 GMT) -- New Zealand; Tonga
More updates throughout the day. I'm up until 6:00 AM EST tomorrow. :eek: :D
Christmas Islands and Tonga never ever count.
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 13:03
7:00 AM EST (1200 GMT) -- Fiji; Marshall Islands; Anadyr, Russia
and yes, this thread is what happens when one is a bored insomniac with way too much time on his hands.
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 13:32
7:30 AM EST (1230 GMT) -- Norfolk Island, Australia
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 14:03
8:00 AM EST (1300 GMT) -- Sydney; Melbourne; Canberra; Solomon Islands
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 14:31
8:30 AM EST (1330 GMT) -- Adelaide
Whereyouthinkyougoing
31-12-2005, 14:36
8:30 AM EST (1330 GMT) -- Adelaide
Yeah, they just had a countdown for Adelaide on the radio.
It's 2:30 pm here. :rolleyes:
The more I think about it, the more bizarre this time zone stuff gets. I don't think I even knew there were half-hour time differences.
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 14:45
Yeah, they just had a countdown for Adelaide on the radio.
It's 2:30 pm here. :rolleyes:
The more I think about it, the more bizarre this time zone stuff gets. I don't think I even knew there were half-hour time differences.
That's nothing. Nepal is in a time zone of its own at +5:45 from GMT. Also, when it hit midnight on Christmas Island, and was Saturday in most aother places, it was 11:00 PM Friday in Samoa.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
31-12-2005, 14:51
That's nothing. Nepal is in a time zone of its own at +5:45 from GMT. Also, when it hit midnight on Christmas Island, and was Saturday in most aother places, it was 11:00 PM Friday in Samoa.
I know, I know, but you don't have to explicitly remind me, do you now? In this case I have to warn you that my head might very likely explode. It tends to do that very easily when confronted with ridiculously incomprehensible things like time zones. Or basic physics, really.
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 15:03
9:00 AM EST (1400 GMT) Brisbane; Guam; Port Moresby, New Guinea; Vladivostok, Russia
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 15:32
9;30 AM EST (1430 GMT) -- Darwin
Jeruselem
31-12-2005, 15:32
It's 00:02 here local time!
09:30+GMT
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 15:43
It's 00:02 here local time!
09:30+GMT
Yeah, I know. My computer's being difficult today.
Jeruselem
31-12-2005, 15:45
Yeah, I know. My computer's being difficult today.
Darwinite too.
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 15:52
Darwinite too.
huh?
Jeruselem
31-12-2005, 15:53
huh?
You did say Darwin in previous post.
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 16:00
10:00 AM EST (1500 GMT) -- Tokyo; Seoul; Pyongyang; Dili, Timor-Leste
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 16:05
BTW, so people don't get confused, places are separated by semicolons. Commas are used if the place is not well-known and separates the city from the country it's in. (like Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste) :)
Wildwolfden
31-12-2005, 16:05
Still 2005 here at it is 15.06 hours in UK
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 17:00
11:00 AM EST (1600 GMT) -- Beijing; Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Perth, Singapore
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 18:05
12:00 PM EST (1700 GMT) -- Jakarta; Hanoi; Bangkok ; Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 18:36
12:30 PM EST (1730 GMT) -- Yangon, Myanmar
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 19:04
1:00 PM EST (1800 GMT) -- Dhaka, Bangladesh; Columbo, Sri Lanka; Novosibirsk
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 19:14
1:15 PM EST (1815 GMT) -- Kathmandu, Nepal
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 19:30
1:30 PM EST (1830 GMT) -- New Delhi; Mumbai
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 20:06
2:00 PMEST (1900 GMT) -- Karachi; Yekaterinberg
Wildwolfden
31-12-2005, 20:08
Happy New Year
I V Stalin
31-12-2005, 20:09
2:00 PMEST (1900 GMT) -- Karachi; Yekaterinberg
Is Yekaterinberg in Russia?
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 20:35
2:30 PM EST (1930 GMT) -- Kabul
And yes, Yekaterinberg is in Russia. It's where the Romanoffs were murdered.
I V Stalin
31-12-2005, 20:42
2:30 PM EST (1930 GMT) -- Kabul
And yes, Yekaterinberg is in Russia. It's where the Romanoffs were murdered.
Well, there ya go. Learn something everyday. Where's next?
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 20:52
Well, there ya go. Learn something everyday. Where's next?
you'll see in 8 minutes... :D
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 21:00
3:00 PM EST (2000 GMT) -- Tibilisi; Baku; Abu Dhabi
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 21:30
3:30 PM EST (2030 GMT) -- Tehran
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 22:04
4:00 PM EST (2100 GMT) -- Moscow, St. Petersberg, Nairobi, Baghdad, Riyadh
I V Stalin
31-12-2005, 22:06
It's reached Europe! Noooooooooooooooooooo! The end is nigh!!!!
The end of 2005 that is...
I've got 2 more hours of 2005, I must spend them wisely... *Sleeps*
Pure Metal
31-12-2005, 22:51
It's reached Europe! Noooooooooooooooooooo! The end is nigh!!!!
The end of 2005 that is...
i'm scared. hold me :(
not long now. a bit less than it was the last time i posted...
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 22:55
It's reached Europe! Noooooooooooooooooooo! The end is nigh!!!!
The end of 2005 that is...
Y2K+5?:D
I V Stalin
31-12-2005, 22:58
Y2K+5?:D
No, no, no. Y3K-995. Them bastards from the future are getting in early.
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 23:00
5:00 PM EST (2200 GMT) -- Jerusalem, Cairo, Cape Town, Athens, Kiev, Minsk, Helsinki
2006 is going to suck....
But 2007 will rock
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 23:02
No, no, no. Y3K-995. Them bastards from the future are getting in early.
See, that's why we're doomed. They opened a breach in the time-space continuum when they traveled back here.
Maineiacs
31-12-2005, 23:04
2006 is going to suck....
But 2007 will rock
I don't know, this is a Winter Olympics year. That should be fun. Turin's going to have a hard time topping Salt Lake City, though. That was a blast.
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 00:00
6:00 PM EST (2300 GMT) -- Paris, Madrid, Rome, Berlin, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Algiers, Lagos
The Tribes Of Longton
01-01-2006, 00:03
Happy new year, Western Europe!
Pure Metal
01-01-2006, 00:05
1 hour to go here...
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 00:13
Novelle Anneé Heureuse, Feliz Año Nuevo, Glückliches Neues Jahr, Nuovo Anno Felice, and Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar
Novelle Anneé Heureuse, Feliz Año Nuevo, Glückliches Neues Jahr, Nuovo Anno Felice, Gott Nytt År and Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar
There. You forgot swedish!
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 00:24
There. You forgot swedish!
I didn't forget, I just couldn't find a good translator.
Pure Metal
01-01-2006, 00:52
8 minutes.
Peechland
01-01-2006, 00:53
PM, youre about to be a whole year ahead of me~! I have 5 hours to go. erg.
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 01:00
7:00 PM EST (0 00 GMT) --
London, Manchester; Glasgow; Belfast; Dublin; Lisbon; Oslo; Reykjavik; Casablanca; Accra, Ghana; Canary Islands
Turquoise Days
01-01-2006, 01:15
Yep, that's me! Happy New Year dudes!
Here's to a good one.:) :fluffle:
Pure Metal
01-01-2006, 01:21
Peechie, i'm now officially in the future ;) :D
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10186406&postcount=36
Peechland
01-01-2006, 01:31
Peechie, i'm now officially in the future ;) :D
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10186406&postcount=36
tell me what its like......any new inventions or anything?
Pure Metal
01-01-2006, 01:54
tell me what its like......any new inventions or anything?
all the cars fly and the place is ruled by damn dirty apes.
but tv has gotten shitter
Peechland
01-01-2006, 01:57
all the cars fly and the place is ruled by damn dirty apes.
but tv has gotten shitter
haha...figures. 4 more hours for me....yay!
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 02:00
8:00 PM EST (0100 GMT) -- Cape Verde Islands; Azores Islands
Pure Metal
01-01-2006, 02:01
haha...figures. 4 more hours for me....yay!
my tip: get some bannanas. the apes like em
*ook ook*
Corneliu
01-01-2006, 02:42
3hrs and 18 minutes for those of us on the East Coast of the United States
I wish I could feel happy right now.
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 03:00
9:00 PM EST (0200 GMT) -- Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Montevideo
Corneliu
01-01-2006, 03:52
2 hrs and 8 minutes to go till New Years here in the East Coast US.
2 hrs and 8 minutes to go till New Years here in the East Coast US.
4 hours mountain time still to go:( I just want these kids to go to bed...
Corneliu
01-01-2006, 04:05
4 hours mountain time still to go:( I just want these kids to go to bed...
Don't hold ya breath. Besides, I doubt I'm sleeping tonight anyway.
Don't hold ya breath. Besides, I doubt I'm sleeping tonight anyway.
Shitty deal Corn...was the breakup your idea or hers?
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 04:07
10:00 PM EST (0300 GMT) -- Belem, Brazil; Buenos Aires; Santiago; Asuncion, Paraguay; Nuuk, Greenland
Corneliu
01-01-2006, 04:10
Shitty deal Corn...was the breakup your idea or hers?
Hers :(
Corneliu
01-01-2006, 04:35
1 hour and 25 minutes to go before this difficult year comes to an end.
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 04:37
10:30 PM EST (0330 GMT) -- St. John's, Newfoundland (sorry, folks. Computer froze)
Corneliu
01-01-2006, 04:38
10:30 PM EST (0330 GMT) -- St. John's, Newfoundland (sorry, folks. Computer froze)
Yours isn't the only one.
Corneliu
01-01-2006, 04:58
One Hour to go here on the East Coast.
Can't wait for this year to end.
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 05:00
11:00 PM EST (0400 GMT) -- Halifax; Bermuda; San Juan; La Paz, Bolivia, Manaus, Brazil; Caracas
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 06:00
12:00 AM EST (0500 GMT) -- New York; Washington, DC; Atlanta; Indianapolis; Montréal; Ottawa; Toronto; Kingston, Jamaica; Bogota
It's 2006 here in Maine as well.
Super-power
01-01-2006, 06:01
Yesss 2006 on the East Coast!
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 07:00
1:00 AM EST (0600 GMT) -- Chicago; Minneapolis; St. Louis; Dallas; New Orleans; Houston; Winnipeg; Saskatoon; Mexico City; Acapulco; San José, Costa Rica
The South Islands
01-01-2006, 07:06
Yay!!! Another year down the drain!
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 08:00
2:00 AM EST (0700 GMT) -- Denver; Salt Lake City; Phoenix; El Paso; Tucson; Albuquerque; Mazatlan; Calgary; Edmonton; Yellowknife
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 09:00
3:00 AM EST (0800 GMT) -- Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; Sacramento; Las Vegas; Portland, Oregon; Seattle; Spokane; Vancouver; Victoria; Whitehorse; Tijuana
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 10:00
4:00 AM EST (0900 GMT) -- Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 10:30
4:30 AM EST (0930 GMT) -- Marquesas Islands
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 11:00
5:00 AM EST (10 00GMT) --
Honolulu; Tahiti; Cook Islands; Adak, Alaska
Side note: It's now Monday on Christmas Island, Sunday most other places, but still Saturday in Samoa.
Maineiacs
01-01-2006, 12:00
6:00 AM EST (1100 GMT) -- Niue; Samoa; American Samoa
Well, that's it. I actually did it, and everyone on earth is now in 2006. Thanks for indulging me, and thanks to all of you who participated in this thread. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go to bed. See you when I wake up... should be two or three days. :D
Rotovia-
01-01-2006, 12:04
I know, I know, but you don't have to explicitly remind me, do you now? In this case I have to warn you that my head might very likely explode. It tends to do that very easily when confronted with ridiculously incomprehensible things like time zones. Or basic physics, really.
Let's not forget that 2/3rds the nation is on DST.
Wildwolfden
01-01-2006, 12:23
2 0 0 6 has arrived in the UK 11 hours old now the firework at London Eye look fantastic..........
Whereyouthinkyougoing
01-01-2006, 16:13
6:00 AM EST (1100 GMT) -- Niue; Samoa; American Samoa
Well, that's it. I actually did it, and everyone on earth is now in 2006. Thanks for indulging me, and thanks to all of you who participated in this thread. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go to bed. See you when I wake up... should be two or three days. :D
Hey, you actually did it. And we even learned some stuff! So, finally, Happy New Years to you, too! A bit late, but you're probably still sleeping anyway.:)
Whereyouthinkyougoing
01-01-2006, 16:15
Let's not forget that 2/3rds the nation is on DST.
You had to, didn't you?
*Sound of head exploding. Again.*