Since the earth is spherical (shaped like a ball), you can reach anywhere you want
to go from where you are by starting out in either one of a pair of opposite directions.
Starting from any longitude on earth, you can go east or you can go west, and reach
Starting from any point on the International Date Line, your trip to Japan will be quite a bit
shorter if you start out going West.
In the path between Japan and Jamaica that does not cross the international date line, Japan is farther east.
Japan is called Land of the Rising Sun because it is on the east side of International Date Line.
Alaska, USA is just east of the International Date Line.
The International Date Line is the same for all nations.
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?
The line 180 degrees east and west of the prime meridian is called 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 imaginary line 180 degrees east and west of the Prime Meridian is called the International Date Line. Crossed from west to east, the date moves back by one day.
The International Date Line.
The International Date Line.