When Year 2001 started around the world

Below is a table of when year 2001 starts around the world, that is when the clocks turn to midnight and January 1st year 2001. The table is sorted so the first ones are at the top, and the last ones are at the bottom.

Table description

• Fixed 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 2001 in those cities on that line.
• Count-down: Click on the links "Count!" to see countdown to year 2001 for this city
• Local times: Click on the links "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 2001 showing most of these cities is also available, in interactive, applet version or static version.

UTC-time	Count- downs	Change to this zone	Where year 2001 starts at shown time in first column
31 Dec 2000 - 10:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Kiritimati on the Christmas Islands, in Kiribati and Tonga enter year 2001 first Places: Kiritimati (Kiribati - Christmas Islands), Nukualofa (Tonga)
31 Dec 2000 - 10:15	Count!	Use this TZ!	Chatham Island outside of New Zealand has a special timezone and seems to be the second place on earth to see the clocks go to year 2001 Places: Chatham Island (New Zealand)
31 Dec 2000 - 11:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	New Zealand and the South Pole base are next to go. Places: Wellington (New Zealand), Auckland (New Zealand), Rawaki (Kiribati - Phoenix Islands)
31 Dec 2000 - 12:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Parts of eastern Russia, Fiji and some Pacific islands Places: Suva (Fiji), Anadyr (Russia), Kamchatka (Russia), Makwa (Nauru), Funafuti (Tuvalu), Tarawa (Kiribati), Majuro (Marshall Islands)
31 Dec 2000 - 12:30	Count!	Use this TZ!	Norfolk Island - Australia Places: Kingston (Australia - Norfolk Island)
31 Dec 2000 - 13:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Parts of eastern Australia and some pacific Islands Places: Sydney (Australia - New South Wales), Melbourne (Australia - Victoria), Canberra (Australia - Australian Capital Territory), Vila (Vanuatu), Kolonia (Micronesia), Honiara (Solomon Islands), Noumea (France - New Caledonia), Lord Howe Island (Australia - Lord Howe Island), Hobart (Australia - Tasmania)
31 Dec 2000 - 13:30	Count!	Use this TZ!	South Australia Places: Adelaide (Australia - South Australia)
31 Dec 2000 - 14:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	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 2000 - 14:30	Count!	Use this TZ!	Northern Territory - Australia Places: Darwin (Australia - Northern Territory)
31 Dec 2000 - 15:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Now Japan and Korea enters year 2001 Places: Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Ösaka (Japan), Yokohama (Japan), Taegu (South Korea), Sapporo (Japan), Pusan (South Korea), Nagoya (Japan), Köbe (Japan), Kyöto (Japan), Kitakyüshü (Japan), Kawasaki (Japan), Inch'on (South Korea), Fukuoka (Japan), Pyongyang (North Korea), Dili (East Timor), Ternate (Indonesia - Halmahera), Ambon (Indonesia - Seram), Jayapura (Indonesia - Irian Jaya)
31 Dec 2000 - 16:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	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), Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei Darussalam), Zibo (China), Zhenghou (China), Wuhan (China), Tsingtao (China), Tientsin (China), Tangshan (China), Taiyuan (China), Sian (China), Shijiazhuang (China), Qiqihar (China), Nanchang (China) and many more...
31 Dec 2000 - 17:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Indonesia and rest of South-East Asia Places: Hanoi (Vietnam), Bangkok (Thailand), Jakarta (Indonesia - Java), Surabaya (Indonesia - Java), Krasnoyarsk (Russia), Vientiane (Laos), Saigon (Vietnam), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Palembang (Indonesia - Sumatera), Medan (Indonesia - Sumatera), Malang (Indonesia - Java), Bandung (Indonesia - Java), Surakarta (Indonesia - Java), Semarang (Indonesia - Java), The Settlement (Australia - Christmas Island)
31 Dec 2000 - 17:30	Count!	Use this TZ!	Myanmar with its half-hour timezone Places: Rangoon (Myanmar)
31 Dec 2000 - 18:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and parts of Russia Places: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Astana (Kazakstan), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Almaty (Kazakstan), Novosibirsk (Russia), Omsk (Russia), Thimphu (Bhutan), Chittagong (Bangladesh), Khulna (Bangladesh)
31 Dec 2000 - 18:15	Count!	Use this TZ!	Nepal has its special timezone here Places: Kathmandu (Nepal)
31 Dec 2000 - 18:30	Count!	Use this TZ!	All of India enters year 2001 Places: New Delhi (India), Calcutta (India), Mumbai (India), Delhi (India), Nãgpur (India), Chennai (India), Lucknow (India), Kãnpur (India), Jaipur (India), Hyderãbãd (India), Bangalore (India), Ahmadãbãd (India), Vadodara (India)
31 Dec 2000 - 19:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Most of Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgystan and parts of Russia are next Places: Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Islamabad (Pakistan), Karachi (Pakistan), Lahore (Pakistan), Chelyabinsk (Russia), Sverdlovsk (Russia), Perm (Russia), Ufa (Russia), Faisalabad (Pakistan), Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Male (Maldives), Aqtobe (Kazakstan), Port-aux-Francais (France - Kerguelen)
31 Dec 2000 - 19:30	Count!	Use this TZ!	Afghanistan Places: Kabul (Afghanistan)
31 Dec 2000 - 20:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Armenia, Azerbaijan, parts of Russia and Arabia, some islands in the Indian Ocean. Places: Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Tbilisi (Georgia), Yerevan (Armenia), Baku (Azerbaijan), Samara (Russia), Port Louis (Mauritius), Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Muscat (Oman), Aqtau (Kazakstan), Victoria (Seychelles), Saint-Denis (Reunion (French))
31 Dec 2000 - 20:30	Count!	Use this TZ!	Iran Places: Tehran (Iran)
31 Dec 2000 - 21:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	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), Ad Dawhah (Qatar), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Sana (Yemen), Kazan (Russia), Novgorod (Russia), Saint-Peterburg (Russia), Murmansk (Russia), Mogadishu (Somalia), Makkah (Saudi Arabia), Al Manamah (Bahrain), Asmera (Eritrea), Djibouti (Djibouti) and many more...
31 Dec 2000 - 22:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	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), Beirut (Lebanon), Minsk (Belarus), Tallinn (Estonia), Jerusalem (Israel), Amman (Jordan), Istanbul (Turkey), Helsinki (Finland), Nicosia (Cyprus), Tel Aviv (Israel), Vilnius (Lithuania), Riga (Latvia), Damascus (Syria), Alexandria (Egypt), Kiev (Ukraine), Pretoria (South Africa), Tripoli (Libya), Kishinev (Moldavia), Izmir (Turkey) and many more...
31 Dec 2000 - 23:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Western Europe, parts of Africa Places: Brussels (Belgium), Rome (Italy), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), Geneva (Switzerland), Budapest (Hungary), Berlin (Germany), Warsaw (Poland), Vienna (Austria), Stockholm (Sweden), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Algiers (Algeria), Lagos (Nigeria), Frankfurt (Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Belgrade (Yugoslavia - Serbia), Barcelona (Spain), Zagreb (Croatia), Zürich (Switzerland), Prague (Czech Republic), Oslo (Norway), Gibraltar (U.K. - Gibraltar), Düsseldorf (Germany), Bratislava (Slovak Republic), Skopje (Macedonia), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Hamburg (Germany), Tirane (Albania), Bern (Switzerland), Venice (Italy), Turin (Italy), Tunis (Tunisia), Palma (Spain), Nice (France), Naples (Italy), Munich (Germany), Milan (Italy), Kinshasa (Congo Dem.Rep.), Kano Nigeria (Nigeria), Brazzaville (Congo) and many more...
1 Jan 2001 - 00:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	UTC-time, London, Portugal, Iceland, western Africa. Places: London (U.K. - England), Dublin (Ireland), Casablanca (Morocco), Lisbon (Portugal), Reykjavik (Iceland), Glasgow (U.K. - Scotland), Porto (Portugal), Birmingham (U.K. - England), Belfast (U.K. - Northern Ireland), Dakar (Senegal), Edinburgh (U.K. - Scotland), Bamako (Mali), Tanger (Morocco), Rabat (Morocco), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Yamoussoukro (Cote D'Ivoire), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Conakry (Guinea), Accra (Ghana), Liverpool (U.K. - England), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and many more...
1 Jan 2001 - 01:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Azores in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean Places: Azores (Portugal), Praia (Cape Verde)
1 Jan 2001 - 02:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Eastern parts of South-America Places: Sao Paulo (Brazil - São Paulo), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro), Brasilia (Brazil - Distrito Federal), Salvador (Brazil - Bahia), Salvador (Brazil - Bahia), Fernando de Noronha (Brazil - Pernambuco), Pôrto Alegre (Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul)
1 Jan 2001 - 03:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Rest of eastern South-America Places: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), Asuncion (Paraguay), Montevideo (Uruguay), Recife (Brazil - Pernambuco), Nuuk (Denmark - Greenland), Stanley (U.K. - Falkland Islands), Cayenne (France - French Guiana), Paramaribo (Suriname)
1 Jan 2001 - 03:30	Count!	Use this TZ!	Newfoundland in Canada Places: St. John's (Canada - Newfoundland)
1 Jan 2001 - 04:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	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), Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Bermuda (U.K. - Bermuda), Manaus (Brazil - Amazonas), Georgetown (Guyana), Bridgetown (Barbados), Saint John (Canada - New Brunswick), Roseau (Dominica), Charlottetown (Canada - Pr.Edward I), Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines), Castries (Saint Lucia), Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis Anguilla), Willemstad (Netherlands - Netherlands Antilles), Plymouth (U.K. - Montserrat), Fort-de-France (France - Martinique), Basse-Terre (France - Guadeloupe), Saint George's (Grenada) and many more...
1 Jan 2001 - 05:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Eastern Time in Canada and USA, Western South-America Places: Washington DC (U.S.A.), 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), Ottawa (Canada - Ontario), Nassau (Bahamas), Kingston (Jamaica), Indianapolis (U.S.A. - Indiana), Hartford (U.S.A. - Connecticut), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Columbia (U.S.A. - South Carolina), Louisville (U.S.A. - Kentucky), Tampa (U.S.A. - Florida), Richmond (U.S.A. - Virginia), Raleigh (U.S.A. - North Carolina), Philadelphia (U.S.A. - Pennsylvania), Panama (Panama), Quito (Ecuador), Québec (Canada - Quebec), Miami (U.S.A. - Florida), Medellin (Colombia), Albany (U.S.A. - New York), Harrisburg (U.S.A. - Pennsylvania) and many more...
1 Jan 2001 - 06:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	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), Jackson (U.S.A. - Mississippi), Kansas City (U.S.A. - Missouri), Baton Rouge (U.S.A. - Louisiana), Acapulco (Mexico), Veracruz (Mexico), Topeka (U.S.A. - Kansas), Austin (U.S.A. - Texas), Santa Ana (El Salvador), 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), Jefferson City (U.S.A. - Missouri), St. Louis (U.S.A. - Missouri) and many more...
1 Jan 2001 - 07:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Mountain Time in Canada and USA Places: Edmonton (Canada - Alberta), Denver (U.S.A. - Colorado), Phoenix (U.S.A. - Arizona), Aklavik (Canada - Northwest Territories), Yellowknife (Canada - Northwest Territories), Salt Lake City (U.S.A. - Utah), Mazatlan (Mexico), Santa Fe (U.S.A. - New Mexico), Helena (U.S.A. - Montana), Chihuahua (Mexico), Calgary (Canada - Alberta), El Paso (U.S.A. - Texas), Albuquerque (U.S.A. - New Mexico), Tucson (U.S.A. - Arizona), Mesa (U.S.A. - Arizona), Aurora (U.S.A. - Colorado), Cheyenne (U.S.A. - Wyoming), Boise (U.S.A. - Idaho)
1 Jan 2001 - 08:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Pacific Time in Canada and USA Places: Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California), San Francisco (U.S.A. - California), Vancouver (Canada - Brit. Columbia), Seattle (U.S.A. - Washington), San Diego (U.S.A. - California), Whitehorse (Canada - Yukon), Oakland (U.S.A. - California), San Jose (U.S.A. - California), Tijuana (Mexico), Sacramento (U.S.A. - California), Mexicali (Mexico), Las Vegas (U.S.A. - Nevada), Carson City (U.S.A. - Nevada), Salem (U.S.A. - Oregon), 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)
1 Jan 2001 - 09:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	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)
1 Jan 2001 - 10:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Hawaii - USA, Tahiti and Cook Islands Places: Honolulu (U.S.A. - Hawaii), Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Papeete (France - French Polynesia-Tahiti), Adak (U.S.A. - Alaska)
1 Jan 2001 - 11:00	Count!	Use this TZ!	Samoa is the last place Places: Apia (Samoa)