Where does the day begin first?

Each day on Earth begins at midnight in Greenwich, England, where the prime meridian is located.
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Which country does the day start first?

According to the clock, the first areas to experience a new day and a New Year are islands that use UTC+14:00. These include portions of the Republic of Kiribati, including Millennium Island in the Line Islands.
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Where does the day start time?

Every day starts precisely at midnight. AM (ante-meridiem = before noon) starts just after midnight. PM (post-meridiem=after noon) starts just after midday.
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Where is the first time zone?

Samoa and parts of Kiribati are in the world's farthest forward timezone, which is 14 hours ahead of UTC, putting them at the same time as Hawaii except the date is one day ahead.
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What country is 24 hours ahead of USA?

The nation of Samoa also observed the same time as the Samoa Time Zone until it moved across the International Date Line at the end of 29 December 2011; it is now 24 hours (25 hours in southern hemisphere summer) ahead of American Samoa.
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What country is ahead of time?

The Republic of Kiribati's Line Islands, which have a time zone of +14 hours UTC, are on the far east of the earth. These two places, therefore, have the biggest time difference of 26 hours.
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What country ends the day last?

For any given date, the latest place on Earth where it would be valid, is on Howland and Baker Islands, in the IDLW time zone (the Western Hemisphere side of the International Date Line). Therefore, the day ends AoE when it ends on Howland Island. The convention originated in IEEE 802.16 balloting procedures.
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Is 12am the start or end of the day?

Another convention sometimes used is that, since 12 noon is by definition neither ante meridiem (before noon) nor post meridiem (after noon), then 12am refers to midnight at the start of the specified day (00:00) and 12pm to midnight at the end of that day (24:00).
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Does a day start at 12 am?

The answer is the day begins a the first measurable moment after midnight (midnight itself is a transition and straddles both days). So they should file at 12:00:01 a.m. The SEC agrees.
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Where in the world does the day change?

The international date line (IDL) is an imaginary line that runs along the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. When you cross it, you either gain or lose a day depending on which way you are traveling.
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What country is closest to the international date line?

The date line passes equidistantly between the two Diomede Islands—Little Diomede Island (US) and Big Diomede Island (Russia)—at a distance of 1.5 km (1 mi) from each island.
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How does the day begin?

The most common convention starts the civil day at midnight: this is near the time of the lower culmination of the Sun on the central meridian of the time zone. Such a day may be referred to as a calendar day. A day is commonly divided into 24 hours of 60 minutes, with each minute composed of 60 seconds.
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What hour does the next day start?

At the end of the day, it is 23:59:59.99 (or 11:59:59.99pm) and so the next day starts at 00:00:00.00 or 12:00:00am (otherwise known as midnight).
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What time is a new day?

Since the highest point of the day was noon, the opposite has to be midnight that was when the 12 started over again, so that's why the day starts at midnight.
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What is 12 am called?

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language states "By convention, 12 AM denotes midnight and 12 PM denotes noon.
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Does midnight mean the next day?

midnight means the last moment of a given day occurring before commencement of the next day. For example, a date of 'Midnight on December 31, 2016' would mean the last moment occurring after 11:59:59pm on December 31, 2016 before the date becomes January 1, 2017.
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Does midnight belong to today or tomorrow?

Also, if you wonder whether tonight's midnight really belong to tonight – or to tomorrow morning: astronomers and the military use a system in which midnight is 0 hours. In that system, tonight's midnight is the first moment of tomorrow. But as for the rest of us – there's no official answer.
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What country is already in 2022?

At 11 am Nigerian time, Christmas Island, part the Republic of Kiribati, is the first place to welcome 2022 before any other part of the world.
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Which countries enter the New Year first?

December 31, at 11:00 UTC (UTC+13:00)
  • Fiji.
  • Kiribati. Phoenix Islands.
  • New Zealand (with Auckland) Tokelau.
  • Samoa (since September 21, 2021)
  • Tonga.
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What country is not in the year 2022?

People on TikTok have discovered some interesting information about Ethiopia. Unlike most countries in the world that are currently in the year 2022, Ethiopia, which is located in the so-called "Horn of Africa," is about eight years behind.
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What is the slowest country in time?

At the end of 29 December 2011 (UTC−10:00), Samoa advanced its standard time from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 (and its daylight saving time from UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00), essentially moving the international date line to the other side of the country.
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What time zone is the first to celebrate New Years?

The Pacific island of Tonga will be the first place to ring in 2022, at 10 am GMT on 31 December. The island will lead the world through New Year's celebrations that will follow all over the world.
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What's the biggest time difference in the world?

You can see that the most extreme time zones are +14 hours at Line Islands (Kiribati), and -12 hours in and around Baker Islands (US). Therefore, the maximum possible difference between times on Earth is 26 hours. That means that at 11:00 PM of a Monday in Baker Island, it is 1:00 AM of a Wednesday in Line Islands.
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Where does time start and end in the world?

It is halfway around the world from the prime meridian (0° longitude), the reference point of time zones, which runs through Greenwich, UK. The date line runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and marks the Western and Eastern Hemisphere divide. It is not straight but curves around landmasses and national borders.
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What time is the end of the day?

EOD stands for “end of day.” It's used to set a deadline for a task that should be complete by the end of the business day -- typically 5:00 PM.
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