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2005-12-31

Happy New Year

As I write, it's New Year's Day in Asia:

Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:54:46 +1300 (NZDT: Pacific/Auckland)
Sun, 1 Jan 2006 07:54:46 +1100 (EST: Australia/Sydney)
Sun, 1 Jan 2006 05:54:46 +0900 (JST: Asia/Tokyo)
Sun, 1 Jan 2006 04:54:46 +0800 (WST: Australia/Perth)
Sun, 1 Jan 2006 04:54:46 +0800 (HKT: Asia/Hong_Kong)
Sun, 1 Jan 2006 02:24:46 +0530 (IST: Asia/Calcutta)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:54:46 +0300 (MSK: Europe/Moscow)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:54:46 +0200 (IST: Asia/Jerusalem)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:54:46 +0100 (CET: Europe/Amsterdam)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:54:46 +0000 (GMT: Europe/London)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:54:46 +0000 (UT: Universal Time)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:54:46 -0200 (BRST: America/Sao_Paulo)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:54:46 -0300 (ART: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:54:46 -0500 (EST: America/New_York)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:54:46 -0600 (CST: America/Chicago)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:54:46 -0700 (MST: America/Denver)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:54:46 -0800 (PST: America/Los_Angeles)
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:54:46 -1000 (HST: Pacific/Honolulu)

Of course, it's only New Year's Day according to the Gregorian Calendar (the official global calendar of business, and the basis of legal time in most countries.) But there are other calendars:

2006-01-01 AD [Gregorian]
0162-16-02 BE [Bahai]
1722-04-23 AM [Coptic]
1998-04-23 ZH [Ethiopic]
5766-10-01 AM [Hebrew]
1927-10-11 AS [Indian Civil]
1426-12-01 AH [Islamic (Fatimid)]
2005-12-19 AD [Julian]
2758-12-19 AUC [Julian (Imperial)]
1384-10-11 AP [Persian]
6242-01-12 SY [Solarian]
2006-001 [Gregorian-ordinal date]
2005-W53-7 [ISO]
J.D. 2453737 [Julian Day]
NewYearsDay weekend (Sunday)


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