> "03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, January 19, 2038," is not the 
> universal date
> for this projected epoch. Things are getting localised at 
> a fast rate,
> and I believe that regions with daylight savings time are 
> going to be
> affected at a time different than the projected one.
>
> Places in southern hemisphere will be on DST in January. 
> New Zealand,
> being the easternmost timezone, will be the first one to 
> be hit by the
> 'bug.'

We on the NZ mainland and most-land come in 2nd.
Along with Kamchatka Krai, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Fiji, 
Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Kosrae, Nauru, 
Tuvalu, Wake Island
and Wallis and Futuna.

The windswept and rainy genuinely first to see the light 
eastmost outpost of NZ, the Chatham Islands, get there 45 
minutes ahead of the rest of us.

But there are a few prestend upstarts who have artifically 
pushed themselves fowards in time across the dateline for 
reasons of convenience or perceived commercial advantage.

Sitting a notional hour ahead of NZ are the uninhabited 
chose your source [UK/US codominium : Republic of kiribati] 
"owned" Enderbury Island.

Also Kiritimati, known to have had on occasion amongst the 
hottest 'sunrises' on earth, aka Christmas Island who, even 
without having daylight savings time, manage not to fall 
behind us.

And also Tonga who moved themselves an hour forwards in time 
shortly prior to Y2K in an attempt to benefit from  the 
glory that rightfully devolves from the cold wet and windy 
Chathams.

HOWEVER, Gaggle up a picture of a globe showing how sunlight 
strikes of hold a real-world globe up to a light and tilt 
the planet as it is tilted relative to the sun in 
December-January each year, or April.

Note where the light of each new day strikes first, 
regardless of the actual time of day locally.

Chatham Islands - "First to see the light" (if you 
conveniently ignore the relevant portions of Antarctica).




        R



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