Friday, December 7, 2018

UTC+14 PACIFIC REPUBLIC OF KRIBATI


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.


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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