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Where does a day change to the next?

I love this question. It happens at two places. It happens at the International Dateline, in a sense. At the dateline, it is ALWAYS one day on one side, and another day on the other side. It also happens at "midnight", as midnight moves across the planet's surface each day.


What happens when you travel east over the International dateline and why?

You will go back in time which you will not understand which causes dasavou.


What happens when you cross the international dateline from east to west?

you go back a day from the day you are on


What happens who you cross the international dateline from east to west?

Add 1 day in addition to any other applicable time zone adjustment.


What happens to time and date as you cross the international dateline at 180 degrees from Honolulu to japan?

In that direction, you turn your calendar ahead 24 hours when you cross the line.


What happens when you travel east across the international dateline?

You "gain" a day - that is, the day shifts to the previous one. So, if it was 11pm on Sunday the 12th, and you crossed eastward over the International Date line, it is now 11pm on Saturday the 11th.


How does the international dateline work?

The International Date Line is an imaginary line of longitude of 180 degrees around the Earth. It works when a person crosses the line from the east to the west a day is added. The opposite effect happens when crossing from west to the east with a day subtracted.


What happens when the ship crosses the international dateline from west to east?

Nothing in particular happens; if you happen to be napping aboard the ship at the moment of crossing, you can sleep right through it, just as you do when crossing any other meridian of longitude. By international agreement, however, your calendar date becomes one less when you cross the International Date Line going east.


What happens if you pass west over the International Dateline?

If you pass west over the International Date Line, you subtract a day from your calendar. This means that when you cross the line, you effectively move into the previous day. For example, if it’s Monday when you cross, it will become Sunday. This adjustment is necessary to keep the calendar aligned with the Earth's rotation and local time zones.


International meridian when crossed east to west repeats a day?

The International Date Line is the meridian where the date changes by one day when crossed east to west. This happens in order to account for the time difference between different parts of the world. Crossing the International Date Line from east to west, you "gain" a day, and crossing from west to east, you "lose" a day.


What happens to the calendar date when you travel west across the international date line?

If westbound, the day changes to the next day. If eastbound, the day is the day before. Seems strange, but it all works out. Let's imagine we're on the beach in the early evening west of the dateline at 4:59 PM Tuesday. If we swim eastward across the dateline and continue east seven time zones, it will be 11:59 PM Monday. We rest from all this exercise and ponder the strangeness of turning back a day. Whew! One more minute and it will be Tuesday anyway. Continue 17 more time zones (24 total) eastward and it will be 4:59 PM Tuesday. Just like we left it. It works just fine in the reverse going the other way.


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