Why does the new year occur in some countries before others? Does this have to do with lines of longitude and latitude? The international dateline?

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Why does the new year occur in some countries before others? Does this have to do with lines of longitude and latitude? The international dateline?

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Yes. Each timezone hits local midnight at a different time. This is due to the earth being spherical and rotating. I thought this was a flat earth subreddit for a minute.