International Date Line

English Proper noun An imaginary line on the Earth's surface at 180° longitude, mostly through the Pacific Ocean, to the east of which the calendar date is one day earlier than to the west. en December 29, 2011 Rowan Callick What a difference a day makes in Samoa The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/what-a-difference-a-day-makes-in-samoa/story-e6frg6so-1226232183096 After 119 years to the east of the International Date Line, they are shifting to the west so they can be on the same calendar day as their main economic partners, Australia and New Zealand. https://web.archive.org/web/20120118102402/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/what-a-difference-a-day-makes-in-samoa/story-e6frg6so-1226232183096 18 January 2012 Synonyms en Date Line Translations line on the Earth's surface Catalan: ca línia internacional de canvi de data f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 國際日期變更線 Guójì Rìqī Biàngēng Xiàn Dutch: nl internationale datumgrens f Estonian: et kuupäeväraja Finnish: fi kansainvälinen päivämääräraja French: fr ligne de changement de date f Georgian: ka თარიღთა ცვლის ხაზი German: de Datumsgrenze f Hungarian: hu nemzetközi dátumválasztó vonal Japanese: ja 国際日付変更線 Kokusai Hizuke Henkōsen Korean: ko ^날짜 ^변경선 Malay: ms Garisan Tarikh Antarabangsa Norwegian: Bokmål: nb datolinje m f Nynorsk: nn datolinje f Polish: pl linia zmiany daty f Russian: ru ли́ния переме́ны да́ты f Spanish: es línea internacional de cambio de fecha f Swedish: sv datumgränsen c Thai: th เส้นแบ่งเขตวันสากล Turkish: tr tarih değiştirme çizgisi