If youāre getting impatient while waiting for a brainiac to finally find a way to travel through time, booking a seat on one of these flights might be the next best thing.
Seeing as though the geniuses of theĀ worldĀ are still struggling to come up with a viable way to defy the laws ofĀ physicsĀ so we can return to the past and visit the future, this is the closest thing youāre going to get.
The only stipulations are that you would be travelling in a plane rather than something resemblingĀ Doctor Whoās tardis, and you have to make the journey on New Yearās Day.
So while you work out whether thatās something youād fancy next year, letās fill you in on what some excited passengers will be experiencing later this evening (31 December).
A host of people will have the chance to raise a glass to the dawn of a New YearĀ twiceĀ thanks to the route theirĀ flightsĀ are taking today.
Those on board planes which cross the International Date Line (IDL) will effectively ātravel back in timeā, due to departing from their destination on 1 January but touching down in a place where itās still 2024.
For those who donāt know, the IDL is an imaginary line across the Earthās surface which passes through the Pacific Ocean and sets a boundary between places with two different calendar dates.
The International Date Line is responsible for the so-called ātime travelā flights (X)
Think of howĀ AustraliaĀ is pretty much one day in front of us lot in theĀ UKĀ ā when you cross the date line travelling eastward, you lose a day.
If youāre heading west, you gain a day. Simple, right?
The IDL has noĀ legalĀ international status and countries are free to choose the dates that they observe, according to theĀ USĀ National Ocean Service.
āWhile the date line generally runs north to south from pole to pole, it zigzags around political borders such as easternĀ RussiaĀ and Alaskaās Aleutian Islands,ā itĀ explained.
āWhen you cross the date line, you become a time traveler of sorts! Cross to the west and itās one day later; cross back and youāve āgone back in timeā.ā
The IDL ā which separates the Western and Eastern hemispheres and is the epicentre where each calendar day begins and ends ā is located roughly halfway around the world from the prime meridian, the 0 degrees longitude line in Greenwich, England.
So now youāve got your head around all of theĀ confusingĀ stuff, letās get down to the flight details.
Planes obviously cross the IDL throughout the rest of the year too, but if you want to quantum leap between years, you need a spot on a New Yearās Day flight.

Booking a plane seat for New Yearās Day on specific journeys can allow you to celebrate it twice (Getty Stock Photo)
Take this United Airlines flight which is taking off from Guam, a US territory, on Wednesday (1 January) for example.
Itās scheduled to take off from the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport at 7.25am tomorrow morning for a seven hour and 15 minute journey to Honolulu, Hawaii.
So, those onboard will have already rang in the New Year the night beforeā¦but when they touch down, the passengers will have the opportunity to do it all over again.
Thatās because the travellers ā or should I say ātime travellersā ā will land at 6:40pm when it is still 31 December in Honolulu.
Although itās technically an internal flight, the plane will still cross the IDL.
United Airlines had a similarly timed flight scheduled last year too, telling customers: āYou only live once, but you can celebrate New Yearās Eve twice!ā
Unfortunately though, the journey was delayed significantly, meaning a double New Year was off the cards, accordingĀ toĀ the Independent.
You could also carry out this time travel schtick on flights that are travelling eastward across the IDL if they depart from places such as Tokyo or Sydney, too.
Brits who are struggling for plans obviously canāt jump on this last minute, but itās certainly nice to know for next year.