If you cross it going away from the US towards Japan, you're robbed of 24 hours
and you don't get them at all.
If you cross it going from Japan towards the US, you get to live the previous 24 hours
all over again.
If you cross the line twice in opposite directions, then it all cancels out.
It's a lot like changing your clocks to daylight savings time and then back to standard time,
only the change is 24 times as much.
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.
it is west of the international date line. Australia is also one of the first to see the day !
My name is the Border of Tuesday and Wednesday. I separate the two days and provide an important delineation. I am the line between Tuesday and Wednesday. I divide the days so that they can be distinguished. I am the Border of Tuesday and Wednesday.
The International Date Line separates Day 1 from Day 2 across the globe. Thus, if you are crossing the Internationa Date Line, you may be a day ahead or behind of the place you have travelled from.
The line of longitude where one day ends and another begins is called the International Date Line. It roughly follows the 180° meridian in the Pacific Ocean and marks the transition between calendar days.
If it is Thursday on the west side of the International Date Line, what day is it on the east side?
If it is Thursday on the west side of the International Date Line, what day is it on the east side?
1 day
The International Date Line.
If it is Thursday on the west side of the International Date Line, what day is it on the east side?
The International Date Line.
The International Date Line.
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.
International date line
Guam?...on the international date line......
it is west of the international date line. Australia is also one of the first to see the day !
When the international date-line and midnight line up (once a day).