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		BerislavLopac on Oct 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Australia's weird little time zone (2008) Yeah, Kiribati deliberately created that time zone in 1994, to make sure that they're the first country to enter year 2000. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B14:00

Symbiote on Oct 27, 2022 [–]

Being on the same day as its neighbours is much more important than being first for new year.

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