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Grumpy-Greybeard t1_j42ueit wrote

Because the first day of the new year starts just after midnight. That's why countries all round the world celebrate new year at different instances.

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ExtonGuy t1_j42umet wrote

Nobody wants to celebrate at 10 in the morning. Well ... very few people.

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Grumpy-Greybeard t1_j42vmxh wrote

I do. Crack of midnight is just so uncivilised.

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Blue_Sail t1_j430eqp wrote

Celebrate at 10 am, dinner by 4 pm, in bed by 8. Sounds like fun to me.

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[deleted] t1_j43wxqx wrote

It’s not an imaginary line, it’s an imaginary gradient between two lines because earth has to complete a full rotation starting at midnight GMT and ending at what ever time zone is on the other end of the gradient.

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