So are the New Zealand people aparently in the most future?

Question

if we see the global time coordinate, we see that the most global eastern part celebrates the new year first, so if because time doesn't exists at all (there is just an instant:Now) but we define it as for the earth rotations and sun etc. etc., T

hen New Zealand is the country that celebrates the new year first, then the rest of us "are in the past" for them....Paradox?

Answer 1

Technically... but in reality its just to do with who came up with latitude first...British. They used that for time and so Grenwich mean time came into being. Being on the opposite side of the world, we were the place where the day changed first.....
If the Chinese were the first to do it then someone else entriely would be "in the future" and New zealand would be in the past.
Having said that, us kiwis enjoy being the first to experience the new days......

Answer 2

While New Zealand (and some other Pacific islands and parts of Russia) may experience a specific chronological timeframe first, our method of measuring time is a human creation, not an absolute.
So if the sun were to go out, the entire world would see that all at the exact same moment, even though my clock would show a different time than a clock in New Zealand.

Answer 3

In the most future?...is that english?...Im not sure what the question is? but I am from New Zealand and yes it is FIRST to see the sun on the beuatiful eastern coast line. Its just the way it works I guess.

Answer 4

There are many Pacific island nations and parts of Russia that see the new year before New Zealand