You can if you want to. Since the Earth is a sphere (ball-shaped), you can start out
from anywhere, travel in any direction, and wind up anywhere.
As a practical matter, when people know where they want to wind up, and their
only reason for traveling is to get there, they'll ordinarily choose the shortest, least
time-consuming route.
From North Carolina to Kenya, that kind of route would NOT cross the International Dateline.
chorva
They do.
the Pacific Ocean
If you travel east from North America, crossing over the Atlantic Ocean, you would not cross the International Date Line to reach China.If, instead, you travelled west from North America, crossing over the Pacific Ocean, you would cross over the International Date Line to reach China.
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No.
yes.
chorva
Because when flying either to Japan or America, you cross the International Date Line.
It's not necessary, but that's the shortest way, and that's what all the airlines do.
1 day
how long dose it take to cross the international date
They do.
No. The International Date Line does not go through China.
kiribati
If you choose to fly from Hawaii eastward to Okinawa, you never cross the International Dateline, so you've cleverly eliminated the whole problem.
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