![]() Department of Transportation consolidated the time zones and a New York Times report called it the “one of the most comprehensive time zone changes in the last century.”Īlaska students would have to walk to school in the dark each winter, state employees would get more daylight at the end of the day and the change would stir less confusion among tourists flying from Nome to Anchorage, news reports at the time declared. It was 1983, and the relatively young state spanned four total time zones, fracturing the state into a puzzle of different moments in the day from Juneau to the Aleutians, which, according to news reports, was a boast on Alaska postcards. But even today, a slice of the Aleutian Islands is still an hour behind the rest of the state.Ī part of the Alaska mystique died that year - at least, according to one account from the Daily News. Question: What happened to all the different Alaska time zones?Ĭurious Alaska: In the 1980s, Alaska reduced its number of time zones from four to two. ![]() What do you want to know or want us to investigate about life in Alaska, stories behind the news or why things are the way they are? Let us know in the form at the bottom of the story. ET Moscow in Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, in addition to 17 other locationsĥ p.m.Curious Alaska is a weekly feature powered by your questions. ET Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, a small region of Russia, Oman, much of Georgia, Frances’ Réunion Island, Mauritius, and the SeychellesĤ p.m. ET Pakistan, some parts of Russia, much of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, the Maldives, Tajikistan, French Southern territories, France’s Kerguelen islands, and a small region of Antarcticaģ p.m. ET Myanmar and the Cocos Islands, an Australian territoryġ p.m. ET Bangladesh, parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the city of Omsk in Russia, and a small part of AntarcticaĢ p.m. ET Fiji, a small part of eastern Russia, and several more Pacific islands, including the Marshall Islands and TuvaluĨ a.m. ET Much of Australia including Melbourne and Sydney and seven more locations, including Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, and New Caledoniaįireworks explode over buildings during New Year's celebrations on Januin Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. ET Most of New Zealand (with a few exceptions) and Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati’s Phoenix Islands and some regions of Antarcticaħ a.m. ![]() ET Chatham Islands, off the eastern coast of New ZealandĦ a.m. ET Christmas Island, part of the island nation of Kiribatiĥ:15 a.m. Here’s when places around the world will be ringing in the New Year, relative to East Coast time.ĥ a.m. So, if you really, really, really love to hum “ Auld Lang Syne,” the list below will get you in the spirit over and over and over again as the day rolls around. In all, there are 39 different local time zones in use across the globe –- some differing by 15 or 30 minutes compared to nearby zones – including two which are more than 12 hours ahead of UTC, which means it takes 26 hours for the entire world to welcome the New Year. ![]() (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Yuki Iwamura/APĪuthorities prepare for New Year’s Eve in Times Square and across the US as Israel-Hamas war presents elevated threats People gather around the 2024 New Year's Eve numerals displayed in Times Square, Wednesday, Dec. ![]()
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