Why does the International date line Bend

What's wrong with the International Date Line?

Rather than being a permanent line, the International Date Line follows the 180 longitudinal line that zigzag through a series of small isles, territory and states. Even more interesting is that you can also use it for half-day trips. To put it plainly, anyone driving westwards of this line leaps a full year.

McFly, hit my 15 of them! Indeed, losing and saving is the only way that this 24-hour adaptation is necessary just so humans on opposite sides of the world can work together. Although it was originally founded in 1884 and is in theory opposite the prime meridian, there is actually no one to regulate who is lagging behind and before the International Date Line.

The secluded Pacific central Pacific isles can choose which side of the line they want to be on. In 2011, Samoa resolved to completely jump over December 30th by crossing the International Date Line to earn moneys.

Why was Samoa on the other side anyway? Perhaps because some US guy was so Heey in 1892, you should be on our side, come to us, we have golden! or something as stupid. But now the goldrush is over and the Asians on the other side are taking Australia and the like.

Then the Aleutian people come, who are more western than Baker or Howard Island but celebrate their timezone with Hawaii. So, if you are careful, you will find that Samoa and American Samoa are on opposite sides, even though they are neighbours. They are only 120 leagues apart when measured from the centre of each land, so that would take you about 15 min by plane to the past or to the distant tomor.

Whilst that may sound crazy when it's in Samoa in the mornings, it's also in American Samoa in the mornings, so it's not really as savage as that sound. This does not really mean that the US can select where in the whole wide globe it can place its TZ. Finally, there is a geographic restriction, but it explains why some jurisdictions opt for summer and others do not.

China, which is just as much ginormouoos as the USA, does not comply with the standards either - whether you are in Tianjin or Hong Kong, the state has only one single timezone.