Bagamat ilang oras pa abng inaantay sa Pilipinas bago ang bagong taon, mauuna na ang pagsalubong sa new year ang small island nations na Tonga, Samoa, at Kiribati.
Bago mag-alas-6:00 ng gabi ang oras sa Pilipinas nitong Disyembre 31 ay mauuna na ang naturang mga bansa sa pag-celebrate ng bagong taon.
Kasunod naman ang New Zealand, pagkatapos ang Australia, Russia, Japan, Tokyo, saka ang Pilipinas at iba pa.
Ang pinakahuli naman ay ang atoll na Bakers Island na nasa pagitan ng Hawaii at Australia.
December 31
6:00 PM – Samoa and Christmas Island/Kiribati
6:15 PM – New Zealand
8:00 pm – Fiji and Eastern Russia
9:00 pm – Eastern Australia (Melbourne and Sydney)
10:00 pm – Central Australia (Brisbane, Darwin and Adelaide)
11:00 pm – Japan, South Korea and North Korea
11:15 pm – Western Australia (Perth and Eucla)
January 1
12 MN – China, Philippines, Singapore
1 AM – Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia
1:30 AM – Myanmar and Cocos Islands
2 AM – Bangladesh
2:15 AM – Nepal
2:30 AM – India and Sri Lanka
3:00 AM – Pakistan
4:00 AM – Azerbaijan
4:30 AM – Iran
5:00 AM – Turkey, Iraq, Kenya and Western Russia
6:00 AM – Greece, Romania, South Africa, Hungary, and eastern European cities
7:00 AM – Germany, France, Italy, Algeria, Belgium, Spain
8:00 AM – UK, Ireland, Ghana, Iceland, Portugal
9:00 AM – Cape Verde and the Spanish Isles
10:00 AM – Eastern Brazil, South Georgia and Sandwich Islands
11:00 am – Argentina, remaining regions in Brazil, Chile, Paraguay
11:30 am – Newfoundland and Labrador/Canada
12:00 NN – Eastern Canada, Bolivia, Puerto Rico
1:00 PM – Eastern Standard Time in the US – New York, Washington, Detroit and Cuba
2:00 PM – Central Standard Time in the US – Chicago
3:00 PM – Mountain Standard Time in the US – Colorado, Arizona
4:00 PM – Pacific Standard Time in the US – LA, Nevada
5:00 PM – Alaska and French Polynesia
6:00 PM – Hawaii, Tahiti and Cook Island
7:00 PM – American Samoa
8:00 PM – Baker Island, Howland Island
