First places in the world to celebrate the new year will be the small countries of:
Kingdom of Tonga (DST, GMT+14): 3:00am Utah Time on 12/31/1999
Kiribati, Christmas Isl.(GMT+14): 3:00am Utah Time on 12/31/1999
Note: These countries have their own small, isolated time zones
It will be 4:00am on 12/31/1999 in Utah when the first major time zone and corresponding cities celebrate the new year. This includes:
Fiji (Suva)(DST, GMT+13): 4:00am Utah Time
New Zealand (DST, GMT+13): 4:00am Utah Time
Kiribati, Canton & Enderbury Isl.(GMT+13): 4:00am Utah Time
Time it will be in Utah on 12/31/1999 for the following Countries/Cities when they strike the new year:
Sydney, Austrialia: 6:00am
Tokyo, Japan: 8:00am
China: 9:00am
Moscow, Russia: 2:00pm
Jerusalem /Israel: 3:00pm
Paris, France: 4:00pm
London, England: 5:00pm (0:00 GMT)
Sao Paulo, Brazil: 7:00pm
New York City: 10:00pm
Chicago: 11:00pm
San Fransisco: 1:00am on 1/1/2000
Hawaiian Islands: 3:00am on 1/1/2000
The last places in the world to celebrate the new year will be the following countries with the corresponding Utah time on 1/1/2000:
American Samoa(GMT-11): 4:00am
Western Samoa(GMT-11): 4:00am
Midway Islands(GMT-11): 4:00am
Niue(NZ)(GMT-11): 4:00am
Note: Utah is at -7 hours from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Useful Time/Date and Time Zone Links:
TimeZoneConverter.com - Convert time form zone to zone
TimeAndDate.com - Current Times Around the World
North American Time Zones and GMT
World Time Zones
GreenwichMeantime.com