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The International Date Line (IDL) is the line extending between the South and North Poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next. It passes through the Pacific Ocean , roughly following the 180.0° line of longitude and deviating to pass around some territories and island groups.
Samoa and Tokelau switch to the western side of the International Date Line, skipping 30 December entirely. [46] 2012: Uzbekistan leaves the Collective Security Treaty Organisation for a second time after rejoining the alliance in 2006. 1 January: The Republic of Hungary changes its name to Hungary. [47] 25 January
Abbr. Name UTC offset ; ACDT: Australian Central Daylight Saving Time: UTC+10:30: ACST: Australian Central Standard Time: UTC+09:30: ACT: Acre Time: UTC−05:00: ACT ...
The central Pacific Republic of Kiribati introduced a change of date for its eastern half on 31 December 1994, from time zones UTC−11:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC+14:00. Before this, the time zones UTC+13:00 and UTC+14:00 did not exist.
In all articles, either the international date format (“2 February 2008”) or the U.S.-style date format (“February 2, 2008”) may be used, so long as all dates in the article conform to the same format. Articles containing dates in different formats should be copyedited so that all dates have a consistent format, that format being at the ...
The International Date Line zigzags around the 180th Meridian. The 180th meridian or antimeridian [1] is the meridian 180° both east and west of the prime meridian in a geographical coordinate system. The longitude at this line can be given as either east or west.
A calendar date is a reference to a particular day represented within a calendar system. The calendar date allows the specific day to be identified. The number of days between two dates may be calculated. For example, "25 January 2025" is ten days after "15 January 2025". The date of a particular event depends on the observed time zone.
A dateline is a brief piece of text included in news articles that describes where and when the story was written or filed, [1] though the date is often omitted. In the case of articles reprinted from wire services, the distributing organization is also included (though the originating one is not). Datelines are traditionally placed on the ...