Free tool
New Year countdown
Time left until midnight on January 1, measured in your own time zone. Keep the tab open and it counts down to the second.
Happy New Year
It is January 1 where you are. The count below is already running toward the next one.
Time until New Year
Share of this year gone
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Same calculation as the year progress calculator, where you can also check any date.
Put the countdown on your home screen
Year Progress: Habits & Goals shows days until the next year and your own countdowns in Android widgets, next to your habits and goals. Free to download, with ads and optional in-app purchases. Core tracking works offline.
How the countdown works
The page takes the current time from your device and counts to 00:00 on the next January 1 in your time zone. Travel to another zone and the target moves with you. Hidden tabs stop ticking to save battery, then catch up the moment you come back.
On January 1 itself the page says Happy New Year for the whole day and starts counting toward the following year.
Where New Year arrives first and last
The first people to see the new year live on Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, in the Line Islands of Kiribati. The islands keep UTC+14, so midnight arrives there at 10:00 UTC on December 31. New Zealand's Chatham Islands follow 15 minutes later, then Tonga, Samoa and mainland New Zealand at UTC+13.
At the other end of the map sit Baker Island and Howland Island, uninhabited US territories at UTC-12. They are the last places on Earth to reach January 1, at 12:00 UTC. Among places where people live, American Samoa and Niue are last, at UTC-11. From the first midnight to the last takes 26 hours.
Planning the year ahead? Check what week it is for the ISO week number and a list of every week, or see your life in weeks on one grid.
Questions people ask
How many days are left until New Year?
The countdown at the top of this page shows the exact time left until 00:00 on January 1 in the time zone set on your device. It updates every second while the tab is open.
Where does New Year arrive first?
Kiritimati and the other Line Islands of Kiribati, which keep UTC+14. Midnight there comes at 10:00 UTC on December 31, while most of the Americas is still asleep on the morning of New Year's Eve.
Where does New Year arrive last?
Baker Island and Howland Island, two uninhabited US territories in the Pacific at UTC-12. They reach January 1 at 12:00 UTC. The last inhabited places are American Samoa and Niue, one hour earlier at UTC-11.
How long does it take for New Year to reach the whole world?
About 26 hours. The first midnight is at UTC+14 and the last at UTC-12, so for a little over a day there is always somewhere still waiting for January 1.
Is the countdown accurate?
It reads the clock and time zone of your device, including any daylight saving rules. Phones and computers that set their time automatically are usually within a second of the real time. If your clock is wrong, the countdown will be wrong by the same amount.