International Date Line

English

Proper noun

International Date Line

1. An imaginary line on the Earth's surface at 180° longitude, mostly through the Pacific Ocean, to the east of which the calendar date is one day earlier than to the west.
   • 2011 December 29, Rowan Callick, “What a difference a day makes in Samoa”, in The Australian‎^[1]:

     After 119 years to the east of the International Date Line, they are shifting to the west so they can be on the same calendar day as their main economic partners, Australia and New Zealand.

Synonyms

• Date Line

Translations

line on the Earth's surface

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國際日期變更線／国际日期变更线 (zh) (Guójì Rìqī Biàngēng Xiàn)

• Dutch: internationale datumgrens f
• Estonian: kuupäeväraja
• Finnish: kansainvälinen päivämääräraja
• French: ligne de changement de date (fr) f
• Georgian: თარიღთა ცვლის ხაზი (tariɣta cvlis xazi)
• German: Datumsgrenze (de) f
• Japanese: 国際日付変更線 (ja) (Kokusai Hizuke Henkōsen)
• Korean: 날짜 변경선 (Naljja Byeon'gyeongseon)
• Malay: Garisan Tarikh Antarabangsa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: datolinje (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: datolinje f

• Russian: ли́ния переме́ны да́ты f (línija peremény dáty)
• Spanish: línea internacional de cambio de fecha f
• Thai: เส้นแบ่งเขตวันสากล (sên-bɛ̀ng-kèet-wan-sǎa-gon)