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These are the times (UTC and EST) that different parts of the world enter 2008:

1000 UTC/5 am: Kiribati (FIRST to enter 2008)

1015 UTC/5:15 am: Chatham Islands

1100 UTC/6 am: New Zealand

1200 UTC/7 am: Far eastern Russia

1215 UTC/7:15 am: Norfolk Island

1300 UTC/8 am: Eastern Australia (incl. Sydney)

1330 UTC/8:30 am: Southern Australia (incl. Adelaide)

1400 UTC/9 am: Parts of northern Australia (incl. Brisbane), parts of Siberia, Papua New Guinea, Guam

1430 UTC/9:30 am: Northern Territory of Australia (incl. Darwin)

1500 UTC/10 am: Japan, South Korea, North Korea, eastern Indonesia

1600 UTC/11 am: Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, central Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, other areas (NEXT to enter 2008)

1700 UTC/12 pm: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, western Indonesia, other areas

1730 UTC/12:30 pm: Myanmar

1800 UTC/1 pm: Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Bhutan, parts of southern Russia

1815 UTC/1:15 pm: Nepal

1830 UTC/1:30 pm: India, Sri Lanka

1900 UTC/2 pm: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Maldives, other areas

1930 UTC/2:30 pm: Afghanistan

2000 UTC/3 pm: United Arab Emirates, Oman, Armenia, Seychelles, other areas

2030 UTC/3:30 pm: Iran

2100 UTC/4 pm: Iraq, Russia (incl. Moscow), Bahrain, Kuwait, eastern Africa, other areas

2200 UTC/5 pm: Israel, Greece, western Russia, eastern Europe, South Africa, other areas

2300 UTC/6 pm: Western Europe (incl. France, Germany and other areas), central Africa

0000 UTC/7 pm: Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal, western Africa

0100 UTC/8 pm: Azores, Cape Verde

0200 UTC/9 pm: Argentina, eastern Brazil, Uruguay

0300 UTC/10 pm: Chile, Paraguay, Greenland, western Brazil

0330 UTC/10:30 pm: Newfoundland

0400 UTC/11 pm: Atlantic Time Zone (Atlantic Canada, much of the Caribbean, Bermuda), Bolivia

0430 UTC/11:30 pm: Venezuela

0500 UTC/12 am: Eastern Time Zone (eastern US, mid-eastern Canada, Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas), Panama, Peru, Colombia

0600 UTC/1 am: Central Time Zone (central US, mid-western Canada, much of Mexico, most of Central America)

0700 UTC/2 am: Mountain Time Zone (western US interior, western Canada interior, western Mexico)

0800 UTC/3 am: Pacific Time Zone (west coast of US and Canada, Baja California peninsula of Mexico)

0900 UTC/4 am: Most of Alaska, Gambier Islands

0930 UTC/4:30 am: Marquesas Islands

1000 UTC/5 am: Hawaii, Aleutian Islands, Cook Islands, Tahiti

1100 UTC/6 am: Samoa (LAST to enter 2008)