Samoa and Tokelau skip a day for dateline change
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16351377
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In 2011 the international dateline was moved around Samoa and Tokelau.
This article would be helpful in describing why the international dateline is not straight.
26 January 2018 Edit: 3 February 2018
User submitted, thanks to Stuart Palmer
- Topics:
- Measurement, Time
- Content Type:
- Article
- Australian Curriculum / Essential Mathematics
- Unit 4 Topic 2 Earth geometry and time zones, Time, ACMEM163 solve problems involving time zones in Australia and in neighbouring nations, making any ne, ACMEM164 solve problems involving Greenwich Mean Time and the International Date Line , ACMEM165 find time differences between two places on Earth
- NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus
- Measurement and Geometry, MA4-15MG Time
- NSW Curriculum New
- Measurement and space
- NSW Mathematics Standard Stage 6 Syllabus
- Measurement, MS-M2 Working with Time
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