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The Country That Deleted a Day Did You Know

The Country That Deleted a Day

Did you know Samoa once skipped an entire day? To line up its calendar with trading partners Australia and New Zealand, the islands jumped straight from December 29 to December 31 in 2011, hopping across the International Date Line overnight. For everyone there, December 30 that year simply never existed.

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Fiji Sees the New Day First Did You Know

Fiji Sees the New Day First

Did you know Fiji is one of the first places on Earth to greet each new day? Sitting right beside the International Date Line, its islands tick over into tomorrow while most of the world is still in yesterday. New Year arrives in Fiji hours before almost anywhere else.

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