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International Date Line Looks Truly Bizarre – But Why?

The International Date Line (IDL) is one of the weirdest things on the map—it’s not a straight line at all! It zigzags to ...
WBAL

International date line that splits US, Russia, explained

THE ARCTIC CIRCLE (AP) — The international date line is an imaginary border that runs through the middle of the Pacific Ocean and marks the boundary between calendar dates, effectively making it the ...
The New York Times

The International Date Line Is ‘Pretty Arbitrary.’ Here’s Why.

That squiggly line through the Pacific where days begin and end has no legal authority and technically doesn’t exist. By Mike Ives The writer, who lives in South Korea, has reported from Kiribati, a ...
The Atlantic

Samoa Shifts International Date Line, Inscrutable Headlines Follow

The South Pacific island chain Samoa is tweaking the International Date Line, redrawing the border so that Samoa sits on the earlier side. This means, effectively, that Samoa is jumping a day ...