# The first new user of 2001 is . . .Irresistible Impulse !

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**Created:** [January 1, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-new-user-of-2001-is-irresistible-impulse/48006 "2001-01-01T18:31:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![blank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blank)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-new-user-of-2001-is-irresistible-impulse/48006/1 "2001-01-01T18:31:18Z")

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Hi Irresistible Impulse

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**Author:** ![coming\_up\_for\_air](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@coming\_up\_for\_air](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coming_up_for_air)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-new-user-of-2001-is-irresistible-impulse/48006/2 "2001-01-02T04:15:28Z")

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I could have waited a week.

So who was the last of 2000?

They still get a tax deduction, you know! 😃

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**Author:** ![coming\_up\_for\_air](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@coming\_up\_for\_air](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coming_up_for_air)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-new-user-of-2001-is-irresistible-impulse/48006/3 "2001-01-02T04:30:36Z")

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Say, is this one of those deals where the Aussies get first crack at it?

Or are registration dates determined on Chicago time or local user time? 😕

Maybe an Aussie looking at the dates would find somebody else had come in first? 😕

Any Aussies want to check on that for us?

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**Author:** ![Soul\_of\_the\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Soul\_of\_the\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_of_the_Machine)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-new-user-of-2001-is-irresistible-impulse/48006/4 "2001-01-02T18:59:26Z")

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Here’s the links:  
You can tell the order by changing the “userid”

Last to register in 2000 was **heebaCorps**

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11839](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11839)

First to register in 2001 was **clayton\_e**  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11840](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11840)

Next was **Rotisivian**  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11841](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11841)

Then came **Irresistible Impulse**  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11842](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11842)

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**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-new-user-of-2001-is-irresistible-impulse/48006/5 "2001-01-05T03:51:08Z")

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Those dates are tied to the time zone you are looking at them from.

The first person of the year would be counted from Fiji /New Zealand time, or +18 hours before Chicago time.

So ::setting my profile to +18:: that would be:

Last of 2000 is \*\*iuris  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11826](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11826)  
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First of 2001 is \*\*thorn  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11827](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11827)  
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Congratulations, one and all, whatever continent or island you’re starting from! 😉