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When you travel across the International Date Line heading west, away from the US and toward Asia,

you roll your watch ahead 24 hours (1 day). You skip over those 24 hours, as if you lost them.

When you travel across the International Date Line heading east, away from Asia and toward the US,

you roll your watch back 24 hours (1 day). You get to live those 24 hours all over again, as if you gained

a day.

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