ProtoJeb21

I've said this time and time again, there should be two different New Years times. One time would be based on the 365 day year, which changes depending on your location on Earth. Another New Years time would be based on the exact time that Earth completes one orbit around the Sun, which is universal. That way, everyone could celebrate New Years at the same time but our calenders and clocks wouldn't be messed up!

But i'd like to point out... where do we define when it is new years for everyone? Countires might disagree and America might want new years to start for everyone when their country crosses into another year. Logically, the new year system the way it is, is the best option.

But no matter where you are on Earth, whether that be America or Myanmar, the amount of time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun is the same (this means that most people celebrate the New Year after or before the Earth has completed an orbit around the Sun). However, if we were to just have a universal New Year, everyone's calendars would become screwed up. This is because the time of day changes depending on your location on Earth's surface, meaning the end of your December (December 31st at 11:59:59) would most likely not line up with the universal New Year. That's why we would keep the varying New Year so that we don't have to mess with our clocks and our calendars, but have a universal New Year so that everyone can celebrate Earth's 4.5 billionth or so orbit at the exact same time. However, we would still have to have a reference point from which to measure the universal New Year from, which is what you are talking about. Is it Universal New Years every August 13 at 12:00:00 AM EST? Or maybe every November 4 at 4:42 PM PT? I see what you are saying. I just think it would be cool to celebrate the year with 7 billion people all at once.