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History of the daten the fairly long history of humanity the celebration of New Year is found to have a pre-historic root.Since the era of the most ancient civilization a number of dates have been marked as the beginning of a new year by different people from different parts of the world. The diversity is due to the difference in their ethnic and cultural background.Today the New Year is celebrated all over the world on January 1. But this was not the case a few hundred years back. The wide spread acceptance of January 1 as the New Year is confined only within the past four hundred years.The changeover: It was the Romans who first used January 1 as the beginning of the year in 153 B.C. Prior to that March 25, the date of the vernal equinox, was celebrated as their New Year's Day. And this was considered to be the beginning of New Year by most Christian European countries during the early medieval era.The delayed acceptance of the changed date might be due to some of its inherent difficulties. The date was unusual. For, unlike the customs prevalent till then, no agricultural or seasonal significance was attached to it. Instead, it was just a civil date, the day after the elections when the consuls would assume their new positions in the Roman empire. But the bigger problem the changed date posed, was difficulties in the calculation of the year. As the Romans moved their New Year's Day backward almost three months to January 1, we have irregularities in our calendar. The months of September, October, November and December, originally mean, the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth month respectively. Later, many of the Roman emperors had given new names to these months. September received names as "Germanucus", "Antonius" and "Tacitus" under each of these emperors' regime. Thus November also earned the varying names of "Domitianus", "Faustinus" and "Romanus".The inconveniences led Julius Caesar to institute a new calendar. It was devised by the Greek astronomerSosigenes of Alexandria from the unrivaled Egyptiansolar calendar. Caesar wanted to change the date of the New Year from January 1 to a more logical date - to one of the solstices or equinoxes. However, it happened that January 1 of 45 B.C. was the date of a new moon.It would have been bad luck, or so regarded by the population, to change it. For his calendar reform, the Senate rewarded him by having the month of his birth, Quintilis, renamed "July" in his honor. Caesar's grandnephew, the Emperor Augustus, had a similar honor bestowed on him when he corrected a mistake which had crept into the calculation of the leap year. Till then it had been observed every three years, instead of every four. He abolished all leap years between 8 B.C. and A.D. 8. Thus he set the calendar straight and earned for himself the renaming of Sextilis as "August". This calendar did not witness significant reforms till 1582, when Pope Gregory XII incorporated our present method of calculation and dividing the year. It was the Pope who reinstituted the practice of observing New Year's Day on January 1, regardless of the pre-Christian associations with that date. The Gregorian reforms also canceled ten days from October; Thursday, October 4, 1582, was followed by Friday, October 15, 1582. the old discrepancy was provided for by making only those century dates leap years that were that were divisible by 400. Thus although the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years, the 2000 is. The global adoption: Catholic countries adopted it soon. Yet it took some time for the Protestants to follow suit. Finally Germany did adopt it in 1700, Great Britain in 1752, and Sweden in 1753. It was then necessary to drop 11 days from the calendar because 1700 had been a leap year.The Oriental countries through the influence of religious groups such as the Hindus, Taoists, Buddhists and Moslems, considered the new Calendar as the Christian Calendar, but also adopted it as their official one. Japan welcomed it in 1873 and China in 1912.The Eastern Orthodox adopted it even later, in 19924 and 1927, Russia took it twice - first in 1918 and after trying out its own calendars, again 1n 1924.4:17 PM History of the date New year Gifts at the best rates!New year Gifts at the best rates!The whole range of celebration of the New Year's Day basically stems from the various ways ancient societies used to greet the new harvest seasons. In fact, it is the number of harvests, whether of fruit or grain, that determined how many New Years were observed. The origins of the customs that we think of as peculiarly associated with the celebration of the New Year, took roots in the ways the ancient peoples regarded the New Year. Likewise the other ancient societies in other parts of the world, the New Year festivities had been observed in our wild forests and plains by the native Indians. To the Creek Indians the ripening of the corn in July or August signified the termination of one year and the beginning of another. It was their customs to drape themselves with new clothes, replace the old interiors and households.The Iroquois, another native Indian tribe who inaugurated the new year in January, February or March with ceremonies emphasizing the expulsion of evil spirits. The customs of sporting disguise and masks, making noises and confessions were all practiced by them.Symbolically, New Year signifies a renewal of life. Hence, the spirit of celebration for the regeneration, while discarding the old and worn out. The customs and practices, though modified through the centuries, have still their distinctive strains in the ways we welcome each onrushing year.It was the Dutch, in their New Amsterdam settlement at mid-17th century, who originated the modern American New Year celebration. The New Year's Day was the most important holiday for the Dutch who were noted in all the colonies for their love of beer and wine.Given here are some instances of New Year's Day revelry with their historical trails:The Mid-night cacophony:The idea of making deafening noise is to drive away the evil spirits who flocked to the living at this climactic season with a great wailing of horns and shouts and beating of drums. This is why at the stroke of midnight we hear the deafening cacophony of sirens, car horns, boat whistles, party horns, church bells, drums, pots and pans - anything that serves the purpose of producing a devil chasing din.The spectacular Parades:The popular Tournament of Roses Parade held on this day in Pasadena, CA, was started in 1886 by the Valley Hunt Club, whose members decorated their carriages with flowers, creating what was meant to be " an artistic celebration of the ripening of the oranges in California". In the afternoon athletic events were held. The city of Pasadena later relieved the club of sponsorship of the parade, and the city was in turn succeeded by the Tournament of Roses Association, which till date directs the activities.Gradually the flower-decked carriages gave way to floats that by parade rules can be covered only with fresh flowers.Yet another annual attraction, the Rose Bowl football game, became part of the festivities in 1902.The traditional and spectacular Mummers' Parade of Philadelphia owes its origin to the Christmas celebrations of the Swedes and the Englishmen who settled along the Delaware River.The masked revelers among the Swedes saw to it that the festivities of the Christmas season lasted until the New Year. The English brought with them their ancient practice of mumming. This, in America, took the form of groups of men presenting costumed plays, going from house to house reciting their parts in expectation of money or some of the Christmas fare. It was since then the parade has been divided into three main sections: the fancy-dress division, the clown division, and the string bands.The booze bash:Yet another familiar practice, though not quite encouraging. The unbridled drinking bash on the New Year's Eve, is also a secular leftover of a rite that was once religious in character. The original spirit has been a personal re-enacting of the chaotic world that existed before the ordered cosmos was created by God.Resolution:In order to have a 'clean slate' on which to start the New Year, people in times past have made certain that they had all their borrowings cleared. Those were the days before such complexities as credit buying. The New Year resolutions, which we are so fond of, represent other efforts to make the year brand new. In fact, we often say that in the New Year we are "turning over a new leaf."Early American observances:When they eventually lost control of New Amsterdam to the English for the last time in 1674, they had no trouble persuading the English to abandon their March 25 New Year and observe it on January 1.The principal customs of the day were visiting friends and exchanging gifts, to which the English added the turkey shoot. But in March 1773, the New York State legislature outlawed the firing of guns and explosions.The gatherings:The practice of visiting friends continued until the first years of this century. It was a gala time when everyone held open house and laid out enormous feasts for any one who should drop in, whether friend or stranger. To neglect this annual visit was a terrible sight, and the roads were thronged with carriages bearing the holiday-makers.Unfortunately in time the custom was abused; the distinction between privacy and sociability was ignored and troops of unwanted guests descended on the open houses, using them as eating and drinking stations. Politicians and those with an eye on the social ladder were said to have spread their blight over the purposes of the day. People began to send invitations to special guests for their own protection, and the old custom fell irretrievably into decline. Thus the whole range of ideas of purgation, purifications, the confessing of sins, driving off demons, expulsion of evil out of the village and so on transpired. The idea remained the same the abolition of the past.So is the case of masked processions - the masks representing the souls of the dead.The ceremonial reception of the dead, who are invited to feast and led back at the end of the feast to the borders of the territory, to the sea, or the river, or wherever else, is also in line with this concept. Add to these the interlude of Carnival, Saturnalia, reversal of normal order. Though all these constitute the much familiar New Year revelry, these are just part of the rites practiced by primitive man during the celebration of their own New Years. 4:16 PM New year Gifts at the best rates! When year 2006 starts around the worldWhen year 2006 starts around the worldBelow is a table of when year 2006 starts around the world, that is when the clocks turn to midnight and January 1st year 2006. The table is sorted so the first ones are at the top, and the last ones are at the bottom. Table descriptionUTC time: Click the links below "UTC-time" to see time around the world at the time displayed or click the "Countdown"-link to see how long it's left until year 2006 in those cities on that line. Count-downs: Click on the link "Count!" to see countdown to year 2006 for this city Change to this zone: Click on the link "Use this TZ!" to change the times of the table from UTC to the time zone of the cities in the current row. E.g. If you live in New York, you go down the table until you find "Eastern Time in Canada and USA..." and click on TZ! there to get the time displayed in your time zone. A countdown to year 2006 showing most of these cities is also available, in interactive, applet version or static version. UTC time Count-downs Changeto thiszone Where year 2006 starts at shown time in first column 31 Dec 2005 - 10:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Kiritimati on the Christmas Islands, in Kiribati enters year 2006 first Places: Kiritimati (Kiribati - Christmas Islands) 31 Dec 2005 - 10:15 Count! UsethisTZ! Chatham Island outside of New Zealand has a special time zone and seems to be the second place on earth to see the clocks go to year 2006 Places: Chatham Island (New Zealand) 31 Dec 2005 - 11:00 Count! UsethisTZ! New Zealand, Tonga and the South Pole base are among the next to go. Places: Wellington (New Zealand), Nukualofa (Tonga), Auckland (New Zealand), Christchurch (New Zealand), Rawaki (Kiribati - Phoenix Islands) 31 Dec 2005 - 12:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Parts of eastern Russia, Fiji and some Pacific islands Places: Suva (Fiji), Anadyr (Russia), Kamchatka (Russia), Majuro (Marshall Islands), Makwa (Nauru), Funafuti (Tuvalu), Tarawa (Kiribati) 31 Dec 2005 - 12:30 Count! UsethisTZ! Norfolk Island - Australia Places: Kingston (Australia - Norfolk Island) 31 Dec 2005 - 13:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Parts of eastern Australia and some pacific Islands Places: Sydney (Australia - New South Wales), Melbourne (Australia - Victoria), Canberra (Australia - Australian Capital Territory), Hobart (Australia - Tasmania), Vila (Vanuatu), Honiara (Solomon Islands), Palikir (Micronesia - Ponape), Noumea (France - New Caledonia), Lord Howe Island (Australia - Lord Howe Island) 31 Dec 2005 - 13:30 Count! UsethisTZ! South Australia Places: Adelaide (Australia - South Australia) 31 Dec 2005 - 14:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Queensland - Australia, a part of Russia and some islands far east in the Pacific Places: Brisbane (Australia - Queensland), Vladivostok (Russia), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Guam (U.S.A. - Mariana Islands), Saipan (U.S.A. - Northern Mariana Islands) 31 Dec 2005 - 14:30 Count! UsethisTZ! Northern Territory - Australia Places: Darwin (Australia - Northern Territory) 31 Dec 2005 - 15:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Now Japan and Korea enters year 2006 Places: Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Dili (Timor-Leste), Jayapura (Indonesia - Papua), Koror (Palau), Osaka (Japan), Yokohama (Japan), Sapporo (Japan), Nagoya (Japan), Kobe (Japan), Kyoto (Japan), Pyongyang (North Korea), Taegu (South Korea), Pusan (South Korea), Kitakyushu (Japan), Kawasaki (Japan), Incheon (South Korea), Fukuoka (Japan), Hiroshima (Japan), Ternate (Indonesia - Halmahera), Ambon (Indonesia - Seram) and many more... 31 Dec 2005 - 16:00 Count! UsethisTZ! China, parts of South-East Asia and rest of Australia Places: Beijing (China), Taipei (Taiwan), Shanghai (China), Singapore (Singapore), Manila (Philippines), Hong Kong (China), Perth (Australia - Western Australia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Denpasar (Indonesia - Bali), Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Manado (Indonesia - Sulawesi), Balikpapan (Indonesia - Kalimantan), Zibo (China), Zhengzhou (China), Wuhan (China), Tsingtao (China), Tianjin (China), Tangshan (China), Taiyuan (China), Sian (China) and many more... 31 Dec 2005 - 17:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Indonesia and rest of South-East Asia Places: Jakarta (Indonesia - Java), Hanoi (Vietnam), Bangkok (Thailand), Surabaya (Indonesia - Java), Bandung (Indonesia - Java), Krasnoyarsk (Russia), Vientiane (Laos), Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Palembang (Indonesia - Sumatera), Medan (Indonesia - Sumatera), Malang (Indonesia - Java), Khon Kaen (Thailand), Surakarta (Indonesia - Java), Semarang (Indonesia - Java), Hovd (Mongolia), The Settlement (Australia - Christmas Island) 31 Dec 2005 - 17:30 Count! UsethisTZ! Myanmar with its half-hour time zone Places: Yangon (Myanmar) 31 Dec 2005 - 18:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and parts of Russia Places: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Astana (Kazakstan), Thimphu (Bhutan), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Novosibirsk (Russia), Omsk (Russia), Almaty (Kazakstan), Chittagong (Bangladesh), Khulna (Bangladesh) 31 Dec 2005 - 18:15 Count! UsethisTZ! Nepal has its special time zone here Places: Kathmandu (Nepal) 31 Dec 2005 - 18:30 Count! UsethisTZ! All of India enters year 2006 Places: New Delhi (India), Kolkata (India), Mumbai (India), Delhi (India), Bangalore (India), Madurai (India), Agra (India), Varanasi (India), Vishakhapatnam (India), Ludhiana (India), Bhubaneshwar (India), Indore (India), Patna (India), Surat (India), Pune (India), N gpur (India), Chennai (India), Lucknow (India), K npur (India), Jaipur (India), Hyder b d (India) and many more... 31 Dec 2005 - 19:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Most of Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgystan and parts of Russia are next Places: Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Karachi (Pakistan), Lahore (Pakistan), Islamabad (Pakistan), Male (Maldives), Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Chelyabinsk (Russia), Yekaterinburg (Russia), Perm (Russia), Ufa (Russia), Faisalabad (Pakistan), Aqtau (Kazakstan), Aqtobe (Kazakstan), Port-aux-Francais (France - Kerguelen) 31 Dec 2005 - 19:30 Count! UsethisTZ! Afghanistan Places: Kabul (Afghanistan) 31 Dec 2005 - 20:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Armenia, Azerbaijan, parts of Russia and Arabia, some islands in the Indian Ocean. Places: Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Victoria (Seychelles), Tbilisi (Georgia), Yerevan (Armenia), Baku (Azerbaijan), Samara (Russia), Saint-Denis (Reunion (French)), Port Louis (Mauritius), Muscat (Oman) 31 Dec 2005 - 20:30 Count! UsethisTZ! Iran Places: Tehran (Iran), Esfah n (Iran) 31 Dec 2005 - 21:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Most of western Asia and Arabia, parts of Russia, and eastern parts of Africa Places: Moscow (Russia), Baghdad (Iraq), Nairobi (Kenya), Khartoum (Sudan), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Aden (Yemen), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Doha (Qatar), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Asmera (Eritrea), Djibouti (Djibouti), Moroni (Comoros), Sana (Yemen), Kazan (Russia), Novgorod (Russia), Saint-Peterburg (Russia), Murmansk (Russia), Mogadishu (Somalia), Makkah (Saudi Arabia), Manama (Bahrain), Kampala (Uganda), Dodoma (Tanzania) and many more... 31 Dec 2005 - 22:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Eastern Europe and Turkey, parts of Africa - from North to South. Places: Cairo (Egypt), Bucharest (Romania), Athens (Greece), Sofia (Bulgaria), Ankara (Turkey), Johannesburg (South Africa), Harare (Zimbabwe), Cape Town (South Africa), Kyiv (Ukraine), Odesa (Ukraine), Beirut (Lebanon), Minsk (Belarus), Tallinn (Estonia), Jerusalem (Israel), Amman (Jordan), Istanbul (Turkey), Helsinki (Finland), Gaborone (Botswana), Nicosia (Cyprus), Tel Aviv (Israel), Vilnius (Lithuania), Riga (Latvia), Bujumbura (Burundi), Damascus (Syria), Pretoria (South Africa), Windhoek (Namibia), Tripoli (Libya), Kishinev (Moldova), Mbabane (Swaziland), Maseru (Lesotho), Maputo (Mozambique), Lusaka (Zambia), Lilongwe (Malawi), Kigali (Rwanda), Izmir (Turkey) and many more... 31 Dec 2005 - 23:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Western Europe, parts of Africa Places: Brussels (Belgium), Rome (Italy), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), Geneva (Switzerland), Budapest (Hungary), Berlin (Germany - Berlin), Warsaw (Poland), Vienna (Austria), Stockholm (Sweden), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Algiers (Algeria), Lagos (Nigeria), Frankfurt (Germany - Hessen), Copenhagen (Denmark), Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia), Barcelona (Spain), Zagreb (Croatia), Z rich (Switzerland), Prague (Czech Republic), Oslo (Norway), Brazzaville (Congo), Gibraltar (U.K. - Gibraltar), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Bratislava (Slovakia), San Marino (San Marino), Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Vatican City (Vatican City State), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Bangui (Central African Republic), Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Andorra La Vella (Andorra), Monaco (Monaco), Skopje (F.Y.R.O. Macedonia), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Tirane (Albania), Bern (Switzerland), Yaound (Cameroon), Valletta (Malta), Tunis (Tunisia), Porto Novo (Benin), Palma (Spain - Mallorca), Niamey (Niger), Ndjamena (Chad), Luanda (Angola), Libreville (Gabon), Kinshasa (Congo Dem.Rep.), D sseldorf (Germany - Nordrhein-Westfalen) and many more... 1 Jan 2006 - 00:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Places: London (U.K. - England), Dublin (Ireland), Casablanca (Morocco), Lisbon (Portugal), Reykjavik (Iceland), Yamoussoukro (Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)), Glasgow (U.K. - Scotland), Freetown (Sierra Leone), El Aai n (Western Sahara), Dakar (Senegal), S o Tom (Sao Tome and Principe), Conakry (Guinea), Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Accra (Ghana), Banjul (Gambia), Cardiff (U.K. - Wales), Bamako (Mali), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Monrovia (Liberia), Lome (Togo), Belfast (U.K. - Northern Ireland) and many more... 1 Jan 2006 - 01:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Azores in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean Places: Praia (Cape Verde), Azores (Portugal) 1 Jan 2006 - 02:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Eastern parts of South-America Places: Sao Paulo (Brazil - S o Paulo), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro), Brasilia (Brazil - Distrito Federal), Montevideo (Uruguay), Fernando de Noronha (Brazil - Pernambuco), Porto Alegre (Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul) 1 Jan 2006 - 03:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Rest of eastern South-America Places: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), Asuncion (Paraguay), Salvador (Brazil - Bahia), Recife (Brazil - Pernambuco), Paramaribo (Suriname), Nuuk (Denmark - Greenland), Stanley (U.K. - Falkland Islands), Cayenne (France - French Guiana), Rosario (Argentina - Santa Fe), Mendoza (Argentina - Mendoza), Tucum n (Argentina - Tucum n), Salta (Argentina - Salta), Mar del Plata (Argentina - Buenos Aires), La Plata (Argentina - Buenos Aires) 1 Jan 2006 - 03:30 Count! UsethisTZ! Newfoundland in Canada Places: St. John's (Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador) 1 Jan 2006 - 04:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Eastern Canada, many Caribbean islands, parts of South-America Places: Caracas (Venezuela), Halifax (Canada - Nova Scotia), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), San Juan (Puerto Rico), La Paz (Bolivia), Georgetown (Guyana), Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines), Castries (Saint Lucia), Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Saint George's (Grenada), Roseau (Dominica), Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda), Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Bridgetown (Barbados), Hamilton (U.K. - Bermuda), Manaus (Brazil - Amazonas), Saint John (Canada - New Brunswick), Charlottetown (Canada - Pr.Edward I), Willemstad (Netherlands - Netherlands Antilles), Plymouth (U.K. - Montserrat), Fort-de-France (France - Martinique) and many more... 1 Jan 2006 - 05:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Eastern Time in Canada and USA, Western South-America Places: Washington DC (U.S.A. - District of Columbia), New York (U.S.A. - New York), Havana (Cuba), Detroit (U.S.A. - Michigan), Toronto (Canada - Ontario), Montreal (Canada - Quebec), Lima (Peru), Boston (U.S.A. - Massachusetts), Bogota (Colombia), Atlanta (U.S.A. - Georgia), Philadelphia (U.S.A. - Pennsylvania), Ottawa (Canada - Ontario), Nassau (Bahamas), Kingston (Jamaica), Indianapolis (U.S.A. - Indiana), Hartford (U.S.A. - Connecticut), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Newark (U.S.A. - New Jersey), Columbus (U.S.A. - Ohio), Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Concord (U.S.A. - New Hampshire), Columbia (U.S.A. - South Carolina), Baltimore (U.S.A. - Maryland), Louisville (U.S.A. - Kentucky), Augusta (U.S.A. - Maine), Richmond (U.S.A. - Virginia), Raleigh (U.S.A. - North Carolina), Panama (Panama), Quito (Ecuador), Qu bec (Canada - Quebec), Montpelier (U.S.A. - Vermont), Miami (U.S.A. - Florida), Dover (U.S.A. - Delaware), Harrisburg (U.S.A. - Pennsylvania) and many more... 1 Jan 2006 - 06:00 Count! 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Central Time in Canada and USA, Mexico and most of Latin America Places: Mexico City (Mexico), Guatemala (Guatemala), Chicago (U.S.A. - Illinois), Montgomery (U.S.A. - Alabama), Winnipeg (Canada - Manitoba), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), San Salvador (El Salvador), St. Paul (U.S.A. - Minnesota), New Orleans (U.S.A. - Louisiana), Minneapolis (U.S.A. - Minnesota), Managua (Nicaragua), Houston (U.S.A. - Texas), Aguascalientes (Mexico), Des Moines (U.S.A. - Iowa), Dallas (U.S.A. - Texas), Sioux Falls (U.S.A. - South Dakota), St. Louis (U.S.A. - Missouri), Jackson (U.S.A. - Mississippi), Bismarck (U.S.A. - North Dakota), Belmopan (Belize), Acapulco (Mexico), Veracruz (Mexico), Topeka (U.S.A. - Kansas), San Jose (Costa Rica), Regina (Canada - Saskatchewan), Oklahoma City (U.S.A. - Oklahoma), Nashville (U.S.A. - Tennessee), Madison (U.S.A. - Wisconsin), Little Rock (U.S.A. - Arkansas), Lincoln (U.S.A. - Nebraska), Leon (Mexico), Kansas City (U.S.A. - Missouri) and many more... 1 Jan 2006 - 07:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Mountain Time in Canada and USA Places: Edmonton (Canada - Alberta), Denver (U.S.A. - Colorado), Phoenix (U.S.A. - Arizona), Aklavik (Canada - Northwest Territories), Cheyenne (U.S.A. - Wyoming), Billings (U.S.A. - Montana), Boise (U.S.A. - Idaho), Albuquerque (U.S.A. - New Mexico), Salt Lake City (U.S.A. - Utah), Mazatlan (Mexico), Yellowknife (Canada - Northwest Territories), Santa Fe (U.S.A. - New Mexico), Helena (U.S.A. - Montana), Chihuahua (Mexico), Calgary (Canada - Alberta), El Paso (U.S.A. - Texas), Tucson (U.S.A. - Arizona), Mesa (U.S.A. - Arizona), Aurora (U.S.A. - Colorado) 1 Jan 2006 - 08:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Pacific Time in Canada and USA Places: Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California), San Francisco (U.S.A. - California), Vancouver (Canada - British Columbia), Seattle (U.S.A. - Washington), San Diego (U.S.A. - California), Whitehorse (Canada - Yukon Territory), San Jose (U.S.A. - California), Tijuana (Mexico), Salem (U.S.A. - Oregon), Sacramento (U.S.A. - California), Mexicali (Mexico), Las Vegas (U.S.A. - Nevada), Carson City (U.S.A. - Nevada), Oakland (U.S.A. - California), Long Beach (U.S.A. - California), Stockton (U.S.A. - California), Riverside (U.S.A. - California), Anaheim (U.S.A. - California), Adamstown (U.K. - Pitcairn), Portland (U.S.A. - Oregon), Victoria (Canada - British Columbia) and many more... 1 Jan 2006 - 09:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Alaska - USA Places: Anchorage (U.S.A. - Alaska), Unalaska (U.S.A. - Alaska), Fairbanks (U.S.A. - Alaska), Nome (U.S.A. - Alaska), Juneau (U.S.A. - Alaska), Gambier Islands (France - French Polynesia) 1 Jan 2006 - 09:30 Count! UsethisTZ! Marquesas Islands as part of the French Polynesia Places: Taiohae (France - Marquesas Islands) 1 Jan 2006 - 10:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Hawaii - USA, Tahiti and Cook Islands Places: Honolulu (U.S.A. - Hawaii), Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Papeete (France - Tahiti), Adak (U.S.A. - Alaska) 1 Jan 2006 - 11:00 Count! UsethisTZ! Samoa is the last place Places: Alofi (Niue), Apia (Samoa), Pago Pago (U.S.A. - Ameri