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Reading no. 2024/001

GeographyDerived dataAnnual fixture: New Year's Day

Order of the New Year across the Pacific

25h

Pacific

KiribatiTongaNew ZealandFijiNew CaledoniaGuamFrench PolynesiaNiue

Interval, in Tahiti time, between the passage to 2024 at Kiritimati (UTC+14) and at Niue (UTC-11).

  1. UTC+14Kiritimati (Kiribati): 31 December, 12:00 am in Tahiti
  2. UTC+13Tonga: 31 December, 1:00 am in Tahiti
  3. UTC+13New Zealand (Auckland): 31 December, 1:00 am in Tahiti
  4. UTC+12Fiji: 31 December, 2:00 am in Tahiti
  5. UTC+11New Caledonia: 31 December, 3:00 am in Tahiti
  6. UTC+10Guam: 31 December, 4:00 am in Tahiti
  7. UTC-10French Polynesia (Tahiti): 1 January, 12:00 am
  8. UTC-11Niue: 1 January, 1:00 am in Tahiti

The eight selected territories change year within twenty-five hours, from 12:00 am on 31 December to 1:00 am on 1 January.

Observation
First passage
Kiritimati, UTC+14
Last passage
Niue, UTC-11
Instant of the first passage
31 December, 10:00 UTC

Method

Local midnight of each territory converted to Tahiti time (UTC-10) with the system time zone database. Offsets checked for 1 January 2024: +14, +13, +13, +12, +11, +10, -10 and -11.

Source

No public source. Internal index.

Nature

Derived data

Value derived from a source or from an exact calculation, using the method described.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

High

See also

2026/001 · 1 Jan25hOrder of the New Year across the Pacific2025/001 · 1 Jan25hOrder of the New Year across the Pacific2026/257 · 14 Sep96.1%Share of the population using the Internet in the Pacific2026/274 · 1 Oct18.1%Share of population aged 65 and over, Pacific

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