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| SparklyKatie \m//O_O\\m/  Sheffield, United Kingdom | #1  May 09, 2011 @ 10:32:10Quote: The South Pacific island nation of Samoa is to jump forward in time by one day in order to boost its economy. Samoa will do this by switching to the west side of the international date line, which it says will make it easier for it to do business with Australia and New Zealand. At present, Samoa is 21 hours behind Sydney. From 29 December it will be three hours ahead. The change comes 119 years after Samoa moved in the opposite direction. link [www.bbc.co.uk] Losing out on a full day, not sure if I'd like that or not.  | ||||||
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| x_Laura_x Particularly cunty  East Grinstead, United Kingdom | #2 May 09, 2011 @ 10:43:13Freaky  | ||||||
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Electric_Banana Pastel Avon Suburbia, New Zeal | #3 May 09, 2011 @ 10:52:23Ah, so they will see the start of every new day just like we in Zealand do. Wonder what Samoans like on their pancakes. | ||||||
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ninozara Cheshire, United Kingdom | #4 May 09, 2011 @ 10:54:34As long as it was a work day, I wouldn't mind  | ||||||
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sister_of_mercy London, United Kingdom | #5 May 09, 2011 @ 11:20:26That would take some getting used to. I get confused when we change to BST and back, let alone 3 hours | ||||||
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| SparklyKatie \m//O_O\\m/ Sheffield, United Kingdom | #6 May 09, 2011 @ 11:30:56It'd be a bit of a bugger if it was your birthday on the day they're losing. | ||||||
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| plebian_angel Intergalactic hussy  a great future, | #7 May 09, 2011 @ 11:32:22I didn't know countries could change their time zone or date line or whatever it is. I'm getting confused already | ||||||
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| SparklyKatie \m//O_O\\m/ Sheffield, United Kingdom | #8 May 09, 2011 @ 11:36:16The international date line has changed a few times since it was introduced. link [en.wikipedia.org] | ||||||
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| johnywadd Deleted  brisbane, Australia | #9 May 09, 2011 @ 11:55:08even if they move a day forward, they will still be 40 years behind.  | ||||||
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