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If youā€™re 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 youā€™re going to get.

The only stipulations are that you would be travelling in a plane rather than something resemblingĀ Doctor Whoā€˜s tardis, and you have to make the journey on New Yearā€™s Day.

So while you work out whether thatā€™s something youā€™d fancy next year, letā€™s 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 ā€˜travel back in timeā€™, due to departing from their destination on 1 January but touching down in a place where itā€™s still 2024.

For those who donā€™t know, the IDL is an imaginary line across the Earthā€™s 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 'time travel' flights (X)

The International Date Line is responsible for the so-called ā€˜time 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 youā€™re 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.

ā€œWhile the date line generally runs north to south from pole to pole, it zigzags around political borders such as easternĀ RussiaĀ and Alaskaā€™s Aleutian Islands,ā€ itĀ explained.

ā€œWhen you cross the date line, you become a time traveler of sorts! Cross to the west and itā€™s one day later; cross back and youā€™ve ā€˜gone 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 youā€™ve got your head around all of theĀ confusingĀ stuff, letā€™s 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 Yearā€™s Day flight.

Booking a plane seat for New Year's Day on specific journeys can allow you to celebrate it twice (Getty Stock Photo)

Booking a plane seat for New Yearā€™s 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.

Itā€™s 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.

Thatā€™s because the travellers ā€“ or should I say ā€˜time travellersā€™ ā€“ will land at 6:40pm when it is still 31 December in Honolulu.

Although itā€™s technically an internal flight, the plane will still cross the IDL.

United Airlines had a similarly timed flight scheduled last year too, telling customers: ā€œYou only live once, but you can celebrate New Yearā€™s 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 canā€™t jump on this last minute, but itā€™s certainly nice to know for next year.