I mean which country is in the 1st time zone?
2007-12-28 18:09:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Is it Israel?
2007-12-28 18:12:16 · update #1
The Line Islands that are part of the Republic of Kiribati are in a time zone with the earliest time in the world: UTC + 14. The time of day is the same as in Hawaii, but one day ahead.
It is even a full 26 hours ahead of some other islands in the Pacific.
2007-12-29 02:06:09 · answer #1 · answered by Charles M 6 · 11⤊ 1⤋
Chatham Island
2007-12-31 01:06:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Look at this map of the international date line
http://www.worldtimezone.com/
The country farthest east (closest to the IDL on the left) is the one that first has the new year. Be careful, though - the country that is furthest east in longitude, not furthest east on this flat map.
On this map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_date_line
you can see more clearly that Kiribati is the farthest east on the western side of the date line (specifically, the Line Islands).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_islands
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/International_Date_Line.png
Here's a pretty good article about the whole thing
http://www.trussel.com/kir/kirnews1.htm
I haven't been able to determine *which* of the line islands is actually furthest east, but it seems clear that Kiribati *is* the country furthest east (since the date line was moved to consolidate time for that country only).
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-12-29 05:21:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, there are several countries right on the edge of the time line that will have the first New Year. The eastern part of Siberia in Russia is the first, followed closely by the Fiji Islands, the Marshall Islands, and New Zealand.
2007-12-28 18:25:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
WITH regards to time zone and international dateline......the country gets first new year..............would be
The REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI........country's timezones are +12,+13 and +14......UTC..
2007-12-29 02:04:38 · answer #5 · answered by june 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It's definitely not Israel.
It's the island nation of TONGA in the Pacific Ocean.
"TONGA is literally the place where time begins - as the first country west of the International Dateline in the Pacific."
The country's nickname is "The Land Where Time Begins!"
2007-12-28 18:47:50 · answer #6 · answered by marcelino angelo (BUSY) 7 · 4⤊ 5⤋
New Zealand is the first country to see the sunrise, and consequently was the first country to see in the new Millennium. That’s officially correct only because the first place in the world to see the sunrise each day, the Chatham Islands, belongs to New Zealand. The three islands making up New Zealand itself are some 45 minutes behind the Chathams.
2007-12-28 20:42:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 7⤋
New Zealand is the first main country to see in the new year.
2007-12-28 18:15:20 · answer #8 · answered by Kimbo 4 · 4⤊ 7⤋
The International Greenwich Mean Time is in Greenwich, England. That's the first place to experience New Year's Day at 00:00.00 GMT.
2007-12-28 18:24:03 · answer #9 · answered by Pete S 4 · 0⤊ 10⤋
there are alot of countries in the first time zone.....
Umm i think my guess would be Samoa and Tahiti?
2007-12-28 18:27:57 · answer #10 · answered by lill_baby93 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋