New Year Countdown 2028
What can you use the 2028 countdown for?
This atomic-precision countdown tool is versatile and designed for accuracy. By default, it detects your local device time, but synchronizes the seconds with our global time servers to prevent drift. If you are looking for a specific region, browse our Time Zones list.
Common Use Cases
- New Year's Eve Parties: Connect your laptop to a TV or projector and click Fullscreen. The large, high-contrast digits create the perfect centerpiece for your countdown party.
- Live Streaming: Streamers can use this distraction-free timer as an overlay. The "Black Theme" is easily keyed out or used as a background source. Check out our Free Clock Widgets if you want to embed a clock directly on your own site.
- Global Coordination: Coordinate simultaneous events. Since our clock syncs with a central server, everyone sees the exact same second tick down. Verify your synchronization against Unix Time.
About Time Precision
This countdown runs in sync with atomic clocks. To learn more about how time is calculated globally, read our guide on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or explore IANA Time Zones.
New Year Countdown 2028: Questions
How many days until New Year 2028?
The counter at the top of this page answers that live, to the second. It runs down to midnight on 31 December 2027 in your own time zone, so the number you see is the time left where you actually are rather than in some fixed location.
When exactly does the countdown to 2028 end?
At 00:00 on 1 January 2028 local time. Midnight is not a single worldwide moment: Kiribati at UTC+14 gets there first and Baker Island at UTC-12 is last, so New Year 2028 takes about 26 hours to sweep around the planet.
Can I see the New Year 2028 countdown for another time zone?
Yes. Pick any zone from the list further down this page and you get a countdown hard-locked to midnight there, which is what you want when you are counting down with family or colleagues somewhere else.
Is this New Year countdown clock accurate?
It is. The clock synchronises its seconds against our time servers instead of trusting the device clock, so it does not drift even if your computer or phone is running slightly fast or slow.
Can I use this countdown at a party or on a live stream?
That is what the fullscreen button is for. The digits scale to fill a TV or projector, and the dark theme keys out cleanly if you are compositing it into a stream as an overlay.
Popular Countdowns
Countdown to 2028 in other time zones
At 00:00 on 1 January 2028 local time. Midnight is not a single worldwide moment: Kiribati at UTC+14 gets there first and Baker Island at UTC-12 is last, so New Year 2028 takes about 26 hours to sweep around the planet.
Countdown Location
Select a location below to view the specific countdown to midnight in that region:
Broken Hill, South, Yancowinna 10:50 AdelaideACST — Australian Central Standard Time · Australia/Adelaide
Broken Hill, Darwin, North, South 10:50 Glace BayADT — Atlantic Daylight Time · America/Glace_Bay
Goose Bay, Halifax, Moncton, Thule 20:20 MacquarieAEDT — Australian Eastern Daylight Time · Antarctica/Macquarie
ACT, Canberra, Currie, Hobart 11:20 MacquarieAEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time · Antarctica/Macquarie
ACT, Brisbane, Canberra, Currie 11:20 AnchorageAKDT — Alaska Daylight Time · America/Anchorage
Juneau, Metlakatla, Nome, Sitka 15:20 AnchorageAKST — Alaska Standard Time · America/Anchorage
Juneau, Metlakatla, Nome, Sitka 15:20 AnguillaAST — Atlantic Standard Time · America/Anguilla
Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Blanc-Sablon 20:20 PerthAWST — Australian Western Standard Time · Australia/Perth
West 08:20 BelfastBST — British Summer Time · Europe/Belfast
Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, London 00:20 BlantyreCAT — Central Africa Time · Africa/Blantyre
Bujumbura, Gaborone, Harare, Juba 02:20 ChicagoCDT — Central Daylight Time · America/Chicago
Knox, Tell City, Knox IN, Matamoros 18:20 HavanaCDT — Cuba Daylight Time · America/Havana
Cuba 19:20 CeutaCEST — Central European Summer Time · Africa/Ceuta
Longyearbyen, Jan Mayen, CET, Amsterdam 01:20 AlgiersCET — Central European Time · Africa/Algiers
Ceuta, Tunis, Longyearbyen, Jan Mayen 01:20 GuamChST — Chamorro Standard Time · Pacific/Guam
Saipan 10:20 ChongqingCST — China Standard Time · Asia/Chongqing
Chungking, Harbin, Macao, Macau 08:20 HavanaCST — Cuba Standard Time · America/Havana
Cuba 19:20 Bahia BanderasCST — Central Standard Time · America/Bahia_Banderas
Belize, Chicago, Chihuahua, Costa Rica 18:20 Addis AbabaEAT — East Africa Time · Africa/Addis_Ababa
Asmara, Asmera, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti 03:20 DetroitEDT — Eastern Daylight Time · America/Detroit
Fort Wayne, Grand Turk, Indianapolis, Marengo 19:20 BeirutEEST — Eastern European Summer Time · Asia/Beirut
Famagusta, Gaza, Hebron, Nicosia 02:20 CairoEET — Eastern European Time · Africa/Cairo
Tripoli, Beirut, Famagusta, Gaza 02:20 AtikokanEST — Eastern Standard Time · America/Atikokan
Cancun, Cayman, Coral Harbour, Detroit 19:20 AbidjanGMT — Greenwich Mean Time · Africa/Abidjan
Accra, Bamako, Banjul, Bissau 00:20 AdakHDT — Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time · America/Adak
Atka, Aleutian 14:20 Hong KongHKT — Hong Kong Time · Asia/Hong_Kong
Hongkong 08:20 AdakHST — Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time · America/Adak
Atka, HST, Honolulu, Johnston 14:20 JerusalemIDT — Israel Daylight Time · Asia/Jerusalem
Tel Aviv, Israel 02:20 EireIST — Irish Standard Time · Eire
Dublin 00:20 JerusalemIST — Israel Standard Time · Asia/Jerusalem
Tel Aviv, Israel 02:20 CalcuttaIST — Indian Standard Time · Asia/Calcutta
Kolkata 05:50 TokyoJST — Japan Standard Time · Asia/Tokyo
Japan 09:20 PyongyangKST — Korea Standard Time · Asia/Pyongyang
Seoul, ROK 09:20 BoiseMDT — Mountain Daylight Time · America/Boise
Cambridge Bay, Ciudad Juarez, Denver, Edmonton 17:20 METMEST — Middle European Summer Time · MET 01:20 METMET — Middle European Time · MET 01:20 MoscowMSK — Moscow Standard Time · Europe/Moscow
Simferopol, W-SU 03:20 BoiseMST — Mountain Standard Time · America/Boise
Cambridge Bay, Ciudad Juarez, Creston, Dawson 17:20 St JohnsNDT — Newfoundland Daylight Time · America/St_Johns
Newfoundland 20:50 St JohnsNST — Newfoundland Standard Time · America/St_Johns
Newfoundland 20:50 McMurdoNZDT — New Zealand Daylight Time · Antarctica/McMurdo
South Pole, NZ, Auckland 13:20 McMurdoNZST — New Zealand Standard Time · Antarctica/McMurdo
South Pole, NZ, Auckland 13:20 VancouverPCT — Pacific Time · America/Vancouver
Pacific 17:20 EnsenadaPDT — Pacific Daylight Time · America/Ensenada
Los Angeles, Santa Isabel, Tijuana, BajaNorte 16:20 KarachiPKT — Pakistan Standard Time · Asia/Karachi 05:20 ManilaPST — Philippine Standard Time · Asia/Manila 08:20 EnsenadaPST — Pacific Standard Time · America/Ensenada
Los Angeles, Santa Isabel, Tijuana, BajaNorte 16:20 JohannesburgSAST — South African Standard Time · Africa/Johannesburg
Maseru, Mbabane 02:20 MidwaySST — Samoa Standard Time · Pacific/Midway
Pago Pago, Samoa 13:20 UCTUTC — Coordinated Universal Time · Etc/UCT
UTC, Universal, Zulu 00:20 BanguiWAT — West Africa Time · Africa/Bangui
Brazzaville, Douala, Kinshasa, Lagos 01:20 CanaryWEST — Western European Summer Time · Atlantic/Canary
Faeroe, Faroe, Madeira, Lisbon 00:20 CanaryWET — Western European Time · Atlantic/Canary
Faeroe, Faroe, Madeira, Lisbon 00:20 JakartaWIB — Waktu Indonesia Barat (Western Indonesian Time) · Asia/Jakarta
Pontianak 07:20 JayapuraWIT — Waktu Indonesia Timur (Eastern Indonesian Time) · Asia/Jayapura 09:20 MakassarWITA — Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Central Indonesian Time) · Asia/Makassar
Ujung Pandang 08:20