The Pacific Republic of Kribati, the only nation in
which part of its country is in UTC+14, is the first country on earth to see
a new day and new year.
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Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary standard
by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is within about 1 second of
mean solar time at 0 degrees longitude and is not adjusted for daylight saving
time.
Time zones around the world are expressed using positive
or negative offsets from UTC.
The westernmost time zone uses UTC-12, being twelve hours
behind UTC; the easternmost time zone, UTC+14, being fourteen hours ahead of
UTC.
In 1995, the island nation of Kribati moved those of it
atolls in the Line Islands from UTC-10 to UTC+14 so that Kribati would all be on
the same day.
UTC+14 is the earliest time zone on Earth, meaning that
areas in this zone are the first to see a new day, and therefore the first to
celebrate the new year.
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