Here's an example of how time zones and the international date line works. London, U.K. is eight time zones away from San Francisco, California. Going eastward from San Francisco to London, ...

The islands of Big Diomede in Russia and Little Diomede in the United States are separated by 2.4 miles (3.8 kilometers) of water, with the international date line running midway between them.

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Samoa Changes Time Zones The tiny Pacific island nation of Samoa is planning to switch time zones, moving to the west side of the international date line. This will put Samoa closer in line time ...

But there are also plenty of time zone oddities away from the international date line. China, for example, has only one time zone even though geographically the country could have as many as five.

International date line zig zags through Pacific. See the map. Since countries are free to choose which date to observe, that explains why the international date line actually zig zigs — instead ...

“While the Prime Meridian feels sacrosanct, the international date line isn’t a meridian; it’s pretty arbitrary,” Tim Montenyohl, a cartographer who has mapped the date line, wrote in 2018 ...

The international date line is the "line" that runs through the middle of the Pacific Ocean about 180 degrees longitude from the North Pole to the South Pole. It's located halfway around the world ...

The nation of Kiribati sprawls across both the International Date Line and the equator. (AP Photo, File) The time zone concept, as clean as it may appear, creates chaos in one isolated Pacific ...

The international date line is the "line" that runs through the middle of the Pacific Ocean about 180 degrees longitude from the North Pole to the South Pole. It's located halfway around the world ...