For some locations around the world ... international status and countries are free to choose the dates to observe, according ...

The longer answer is that no international rules govern the location of the date line, and its exact coordinates depend on the shifting whims of governments. Maps ... site of the world’s prime ...

The international date line is an ... in terms similar to a line of longitude. In fact, it roughly follows the 180-degree meridian, which is located halfway round the world from the prime meridian.

That’s because of a quirk of the international date line, the official starting and ending point of each day. The idea of the date line was introduced at a conference in 1884 in which the world ...

The international ... way around the world, close to the 180 degrees of longitude from the Prime Meridian, which cuts through Greenwich, England. The date line shown on most maps is the one ...

For some locations around the world ... international status and countries are free to choose the dates to observe, according to NOAA. International date line zig zags through Pacific. See the map ...