A History of the International Date Line Contents: Introduction The circumnavigator s paradox The discovery of the date line Some 17th-century proposals for a date line The course of the date line before the Philippine adjustment The Philippine adjustment of 1844/45 The Alaska adjustment of 1867 and the Samoa adjustment of 1892 The date line before and after the International Meridian Conference ...

Sailing thru Science... INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE The International Date Line is an imaginary line on the earth's surface, that approximately coincides with the 180th meridian (LONGITUDE), and separates the calendar date. Traveling east across the line, takes the traveler back one day; traveling west, takes the traveler forward one day. Without the date line, calendar confusion would result for ...

The International Dateline By Robert Sturgeon November 13, 1996 Have you ever wondered just what the heck that international dateline thing is all about Well, here's the explanation of your dreams, or your worst nightmares. Back to the Marginally Useful Material Launcher. Back to my home place. Why do we even need an international dateline To answer this, you have to first think about time in ...