NationStates Jolt Archive

It's baaaack!

Welcome to the return of New Year's around the world. We'll be following the advance of the new year around the globe for the next 25 hours. So stop by for a bit, and relax 2009 will begin in about half an hour.

NEW YEARS!!!!
the new year begins in 1 hour and 1 minute in New Zealand

NEW YEARS!!!!
the new year begins in 1 hour and 1 minute in New Zealand

Oh yeah, you got the freaky timezone.

5:00 am EST (1000 GMT)

The new year has begun. it is now 2009 on Christmas Island, Kiribati.

5:00 am EST (1000 GMT)

The new year has begun. it is now 2009 on Christmas Island, Kiribati.

And, more freaky timezones!

Do they have jetpacs?

Still 5 hours away here in Japan.

Do they have jetpacs?

Yes, but they're now run by damn dirty apes.

And, more freaky timezones!

Hell, it's still Dec 30 in Samoa.

5:15 am EST (1015 GMT)

Chatham Island, New Zealand*

(NOTE * denotes places on DST)

Still got 14 hours in Britain.

6:00 am EST (1100 GMT)

Tonga; Auckland, NZ*

It is also no longer Dec. 30 anywhere on earth.

7:00 am EST (1200 GMT)

Fiji; Marshall Islands

7:30 am EST (1230 GMT)

Norfolk Island, Australia

Did this take into account that extra "leap second"? :)

10 more hours to go in Sweden.

8:00 am EST (1300 GMT)

Sydney*; Solomon Islands

Did this take into account that extra "leap second"? :)

No, the site I'm using says they're not taking that into account.

Did this take into account that extra "leap second"? :)
That happens at 23:59:60, in London

8:30 am EST (1330 GMT)

Adelaide*

shouldn't you all be out having fun/getting ready? I know I should be but I cba making an effort...fuck new years I might just go pub

9:00 am EST (1400 GMT)

Brisbane; Guam; Vladivostok

EDIT: 6666 posts. So now I'm even MORE evil! MWA-HA-HA!

9:30 am EST (1430 GMT)

Darwin

10:00 am EST (1500 GMT)

Tokyo, Seoul, Perth*

It's 12:37 am January 1, 2009. Welcome to the Year of the Cow from the Land of the Rising Sun!

あけましておめでとうございます!

11:00 am EST (1600 GMT)

Beijing; Hong Kong; Singapore

It's 12:37 am January 1, 2009. Welcome to the Year of the Cow from the Land of the Rising Sun!

あけましておめでとうございます!
Shinnen omedetou gozaimasu.

We've still got 8ish hours left of 2008. Just got the three crates of beer, a litre of cheap whisky, mixer and munchies that we need for the party tonight... and I'm off to get a nice single malt to see the new year in.

So, a Happy Hogmany to all on NS:G!

12 hours and 54 minutes left on the east coast of the USA

In 7 hours 42 mins I'll be sitting in London welcoming the new year in with the massive firework display! (maybe I wont get stranded in Orpington this time around. =P)

Still 5 hours and 40 minutes till 2009.

Just came back, it's 3:23AM. Fireworks in Sydney were excellent as usual, and we got a good spot at the observatory to watch the show. Places were charging $55 for entry though, which is ridiculous.

Anyways, happy new year everyone.

12:00 pm EST (1700 GMT)

Bangkok; Jakarta

It's noon on the US east coast. Only 12 more hours of 2008 left.

12:30 pm EST (1730 GMT)

Yangon, Myanmar

1:00 pm EST (1800 GMT)

Dhaka, Bangladesh; Novosibirsk

1:15 pm EST (1815 GMT)

Kathmandu, Nepal

1:30 pm EST (1830 GMT)

Kolkata; Mumbai

2:00 pm EST (1900 GMT)

Karachi; Tashkent; Mauritius*

2:30 pm EST (1930 GMT)

Kabul

3:00 pm EST (2000 GMT)

Tbilisi; Dubai

3:30 pm EST (2030 GMT)

Tehran

4:00 pm (2100 GMT)


Moscow; Baghdad; Addis Ababa

2009 has now reached Europe.

7 hours and 44 mins to go on the East Coast USA.

7 hours and 44 mins to go on the East Coast USA.

The sun is already down here.

5:00 pm EST (2200 GMT)

Athens; Cairo; Helsinki; Cape Town; Windhoek, Namibia*

Only 1 hour and half left here and for the first time in a few years I'm staying in! Without alcohol! Not the best of times.

Well, NSG, Happy New Year 2009 to you all!!

I was hoping some more people would show up as 2009 came to Europe. Welcome, everyone. Let's get this party started! *dances with lampshade on head*

I was hoping some more people would show up as 2009 came to Europe. Welcome, everyone. Let's get this party started! *dances with lampshade on head*

I just got here from lighting fireworks.

I just got here from lighting fireworks.

Hyvää uutta vuotta!

(did I say that right?)

Hyvää uutta vuotta!

(did I say that right?)

Fixed. There's a space between them.

6:00 pm EST (2300 GMT)

Paris; Berlin; Madrid; Rome; Prague; Stockholm; Amsterdam

šťastný nový rok

godt nytår

gelukkig nieuw jaar

bonne année

Gutes Neues Jahr

buon anno

szczęśliwego nowego roku

feliz año nuevo

gott nytt år

7:00 pm EST (000 GMT)

London; Dublin; Reykjavik; Casablanca

Happy New Year London, Dublin, Reykjavik and Casablanca!

8:00 pm EST (0100 GMT)

Azores

Next stop, the Americas.

8:00 pm EST (0100 GMT)

Azores

Next stop, the Americas.

Nearly seven more hours to kill over here on the West Coast.

*hunts for something to drink*

I just got here from lighting fireworks.

Happy new years, kid

Do you have a map tracker of some kind, Maineiacs?

Happy New Years, everyone.

happy new year from Britain and GMT http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2226/smileis1.gif

9:00 pm EST (0200 GMT)

Rio de Janeiro*; Buenos Aires*

Do you have a map tracker of some kind, Maineiacs?

I'm using this.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html?sort=2

Oh I see.

I've been trying to find a tracker map of some kind...like something vaguely set up like the Santa Tracker or something. Oh well.

10:00 pm EST (0300 GMT)

Recife, Brazil; Nuuk, Greenland; Santiago, Chile*

Canada, you're up in 30 minutes.

10:30 pm EST (0330 GMT)

St. John's, Newfoundland

Just an hour and five minutes here! =)

11:00 pm EST (0400 GMT)

Halifax; San Juan; Bermuda

New years for me is now in 02h40. Yay?

11:30 EST (0430 GMT)

Caracas

Brace yourselves, USA. You're next.

12:00 am EST (0500 GMT)

New York; Boston; Washington, DC; Atlanta; Miami; Toronto; Ottawa; Montreal; Bogotá

The ball has come down in Times Square, 2009 has come to America, but the thread continues. We still have 6 hours to go.

Happy New Year!
It's 2009 as of now

Here in Detroit we celebrate by firing weapons into the air, a quaint custom we share with cities like Beirut and Baghdad. The gunfire seems muted this year, compared to years past.

Woohoo!

Not a good year to be in Times Square. They said the temperature is 19F (-7C), with a windchill of 2F (-16C).

It was colder last year if I recall - all the people bundled up together actually made it quite warm when I went last year.

45 minutes remain...and my family is already asleep!!! LAME!!

Here in Detroit we celebrate by firing weapons into the air, a quaint custom we share with cities like Beirut and Baghdad. The gunfire seems muted this year, compared to years past.

Interesting. Usually when we celebrate, we stuff that's, you know, different from the other 364 days. :p

(I'm starting to overuse that smiley.)

So I woke up, checked the clock, and fired up the TV.

On-screen clock said 11:59:18.

Happy 2009, fellow ESTers! ^_^

HAPPY NEW YEAR NSG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I just got home from working a crazy fuckin dinner shift, and I need to get drunk....whos got beer?

1:00 am EST (0600 GMT)

Chicago; Dallas; Houston; Minneapolis; Winnipeg, Mexico City

2:00 am EST (0700 GMT)

Denver; Phoenix; Calgary; Edmonton; Mazatlan

Happy New Years to all....and Happy new years in one hour to our friends in the West Coast of America!

2:00 am EST (0700 GMT)

Denver; Phoenix; Calgary; Edmonton; Mazatlan

Happy New Years from Colorado, I suppose. :)

This may be off-topic, but did anyone find the New Years TV duo of anderson cooper and kathy griffin one of the most annoying on television since Regis and Kathy Lee?

Yowza, I was too torn between deciding whether Carson Daly or Ryan Seacrest was more annoying. At least on the Seacrest show we got to see what's happened to Dick Clark: he can barely talk anymore, and it looks like he finally turned 40!

Yowza, I was too torn between deciding whether Carson Daly or Ryan Seacrest was more annoying. At least on the Seacrest show we got to see what's happened to Dick Clark: he can barely talk anymore, and it looks like he finally turned 40!

I never thought I would say this, but I would rather watch Carson and Ryan together than put up with another 5 minutes of Kathy and Anderson ever again.

Just Terrible.

Yowza, I was too torn between deciding whether Carson Daly or Ryan Seacrest was more annoying. At least on the Seacrest show we got to see what's happened to Dick Clark: he can barely talk anymore, and it looks like he finally turned 40!

Annoying as those two are, Dick really needs to retire. Tonight was just sad.

Annoying as those two are, Dick really needs to retire. Tonight was just sad.

A part of me wishes I could have seen it, and the other part is glad I worked until midnight tonight.

A part of me wishes I could have seen it, and the other part is glad I worked until midnight tonight.

The poor man really isn't up to it anymore.

The poor man really isn't up to it anymore.

isn't he in his 70s-80s? I am not suprised.

Happy New Year to everyone in the Pacific timezone - 2 minutes to go. :)

Grab a beer and a buddy PTZ!!!!

Happy New Year!

3:00 am EST (0800 GMT)

Los Angeles; San Francisco; Seattle; Vancouver; Tijuana

Is there anyone left to celebrate the new year with?

Is there anyone left to celebrate the new year with?

Alaska, Hawaii, and a handful of Pacific Islands.

Alaska, Hawaii, and a handful of Pacific Islands.

I don't know if I can stay awake that long.

I don't know if I can stay awake that long.

It ends at 6am my time, and it's 3 now.

It ends at 6am my time, and it's 3 now.

Well I hope that I am asleep by then.

4:00am EST (0900 GMT)

Anchorage; Fairbanks

Is it too late to say "Bah humbug?"

>.>
<.<

No, seriously, 2009 is boring. It's not as flashy as 2008, and somehow those digits look aesthetically pleasing.

hour and ten into the new year here. (-8z) which i gues would make it plus 11 mins in -9z
and now 48 to go in -10z.

4:30 am EST (0930 GMT)

Marquesas Islands

I wasn't up at 12am EST, so I'm saying it now.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1189/owlnewrlylarge4ut.jpg

5:00 am EST (1000 GMT)

Honolulu; Tahiti; Adak, Alaska

It is now Jan. 2 on Christmas Island, but still Dec. 31 in Samoa.

One more to go.

Happy New Year y'all!

London 00:00 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7806756.stm

I was right in front of the eye. After that amazing display everyone there sang the auld lang syne.

Now that I have recovered and feel a lot better I can wish all those people on NSG a Happy New Year and wish them best for 2009.

Just came back, it's 3:23AM. Fireworks in Sydney were excellent as usual, and we got a good spot at the observatory to watch the show. Places were charging $55 for entry though, which is ridiculous.

Anyways, happy new year everyone.

$55? You're joking, that's bloody outragoues. You might as well go to one of the many pieces of land around the habour.

Yes, some do get crowded but you just need to know where to look.

6:00 am EST (1100 GMT)

Midway; Pago Pago, American Samoa

That's it, everyone; 2009 has officially arrived all around the world. In fact, in some places New Year's Day has come and gone. I've been up for over a day, so I'm going to bed now.

isn't he in his 70s-80s? I am not suprised.

It's not because of that. It's because he had a stroke at some point recently. (And by recently I mean anywhere from sometime early last year to late last year, or whenever, because I honestly have no idea when he had it.)

I like the fact that he tried to keep it up despite it. The man has plenty of determination, that's for certain.

London 00:00 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7806756.stm

I was right in front of the eye. After that amazing display everyone there sang the auld lang syne.
What's up with the Ferris Wheel?

Maineiacs: Sleep well.

What's up with the Ferris Wheel?

Maineiacs: Sleep well.

The London Eye.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_eye

"The London Eye (Millennium Wheel) at a height of 135 metres (443 ft), is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year. The adult fare is just over £15. At the time it was erected it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world"

"the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel" (because the entire structure is supported by an A-frame on one side only).

Its a very famous landmark in London. You can see for miles once your at the top.

OH! That's the London Eye!

I've heard the term before, but I never knew what it referred to, and never saw that Ferris Wheel before now.

Thank you for enlightening me. :)

6:00 am EST (1100 GMT)

Midway; Pago Pago, American Samoa

That's it, everyone; 2009 has officially arrived all around the world. In fact, in some places New Year's Day has come and gone. I've been up for over a day, so I'm going to bed now.

Impressive work!

*applauds*

Happy New Year! May 2009 not suck as much as 2008! But it probably will!

Impressive work!

*applauds*

Thank you.

So last night, this building (http://lh5.ggpht.com/_8uhvHtfLRP8/RwA725vpa5I/AAAAAAAAAgo/xyx2S4HnECo/s512/DSCF7048.JPG) would have been the coolest thing to watch if you were high on shroomz or whatever. It had stripes of colours that kept moving all over the exterior.

6:00 am EST (1100 GMT)

Midway; Pago Pago, American Samoa

That's it, everyone; 2009 has officially arrived all around the world. In fact, in some places New Year's Day has come and gone. I've been up for over a day, so I'm going to bed now.


Definitely one of the most impressive threads ever done on NSG. Well done my friend, well done indeed.



It's not because of that. It's because he had a stroke at some point recently. (And by recently I mean anywhere from sometime early last year to late last year, or whenever, because I honestly have no idea when he had it.)

I like the fact that he tried to keep it up despite it. The man has plenty of determination, that's for certain.

I heard about the stroke, but Dick Clark has been the face of the new year since what the 70s? I think only death would have kept him from at least showing his face on TV again.

Dick Clark couldn't make it at all last year, which was as disorienting as when Guy Lombardo died (yet we still sing his song).