8:30 a.m. ET: Adelaide and surrounding region in Australia.
9 a.m. ET: Queensland, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, part of Antarctica, and Guam.
9:30 a.m. ET: Northern Territory in Australia.
10 a.m. ET: Japan, South Korea, Russia, North Korea, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Palau.
10:15 a.m. ET: Western Australia.
11 a.m. ET: China, Philippines, Malaysia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Brunei, Russia’s Irkutsk region, Antarctica, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Macao.
Noon ET: Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Russia, Mongolia, Antarctica, and Christmas Island in Australia.
12:30 p.m. ET: Myanmar and Cocos Islands (Australia).
1 p.m. ET: Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, Omsk (Russia), and Antarctica.
1:15 p.m. ET: Nepal.
1:30 p.m. ET: India and Sri Lanka.
2 p.m. ET: Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Maldives, Tajikistan, French Southern territories, Kerguelen islands (France), and Antarctica.
2:30 p.m. ET: Afghanistan.
3 p.m. ET: Azerbaijan, UAE, Armenia, Russia, Oman, Georgia, Réunion Island (France), Mauritius, and Seychelles.
3:30 p.m. ET: Iran.
4 p.m. ET: Moscow (Russia), Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and other locations.
5 p.m. ET: Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Rwanda, Romania, and other locations.
6 p.m. ET: Germany, Nigeria, Algeria, Italy, Belgium, Morocco, Albania, France, and other locations.
7 p.m. ET: UK, Portugal, Iceland, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and other locations.
8 p.m. ET: Cabo Verde, Azores (Portugal), Greenland.
9 p.m. ET: Greenland, Pernambuco (Brazil), South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands.
10 p.m. ET: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Antarctica, Paraguay, French Guiana, Suriname, Saint Pierre, Miquelon, and Falkland Islands.
10:30 p.m. ET: Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada).
11 p.m. ET: Canada, Venezuela, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Guyana, and other locations.
Midnight: East Coast USA, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Acre (Brazil), Panama, Mexico, Haiti, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica.
Chile and the Cayman Islands are some of the regions observing the following time zones: 1 a.m. ET Central USA (including Chicago), much of Mexico (including Mexico City), parts of Canada, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and a small part of Ecuador. At 2 a.m. ET, the time zone extends to the US Mountain time zone, covering cities like Denver and Phoenix, parts of Canada (including Edmonton and Calgary), and parts of Mexico. Moving on to 3 a.m. ET, the time zone encompasses the US Pacific time zone, which includes cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, British Columbia in Canada, Baja California in Mexico, as well as the Pitcairn Islands and Clipperton Island.
In Denver, Colorado, on December 31, 2023, Denver Broncos fans sported vibrant costumes and celebrated New Year’s Eve as they gathered to watch the game between the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Chargers at Empower Field at Mile High. This festive scene was captured by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images.
As the clock strikes 4 a.m. ET, the time zone covers Alaska in the US and regions of French Polynesia. Continuing to 4:30 a.m. ET, the time zone extends to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. By 5 a.m. ET, Hawaii in the US, Tahiti in French Polynesia, and the Cook Islands are within this time zone. At 6 a.m. ET, American Samoa, parts of the US minor outlying islands (including the Midway Atoll), and Niue, an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, observe the time zone. Finally, at 7 a.m. ET, much of the US minor outlying islands (unincorporated US territories in the Pacific) are included, such as Baker Island and Howland Island.
