Entire day disappears in Samoa

December 30th, 2011 12:01 pm by Formerly Known as Fonz.

THERE is no today in Samoa. The tiny nation will jump forward in time as it crossed westward over the international dateline to align itself with its main trading partners throughout the region.

At the stroke of midnight on December 29, the time in Samoa will leap forward to December 31 – New Year’s Eve. For Samoa’s 186,000 citizens, Friday, December 30, 2011, will simply cease to exist.

The time-jump comes 119 years after some US traders persuaded Samoan authorities to align their islands’ time with nearby US-controlled American Samoa and the US to assist their trading with California.

Read more:  https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/entire-day-disappears-in-samoa-20111229-1pe5t.html#ixzz1hx04dUJE

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14 Responses to “Entire day disappears in Samoa”

  1. 1
    ^-||R@lT€||-^ Says:

    chhiar 1st tengs

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  2. 2
    XaiA Says:

    Mak thei ngei!

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  3. 3
    levodopa Says:

    dangdai reuh ve

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  4. 4
    jpaite Says:

    Mak ve! Thenkhat, mak ti lo fe fe, sawi tur hre deuh2 kan kat leh nuk ang chu! Nuam thin!

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  5. 5
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    Kar khat a ni 4 chhung chauh an kiang hnai ami te hun (time) tawmpui reng mai chu a buaithlak danw bawk em a ni. An hotute thurel dan hi rei atan a that ka ring. :)

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    Sony Says:

    Ehe! a va mak dawn ve le? Hman kum khan London (GMT) ah second 1 lawih in ni a tawi tawh bawk a. Mahse ni pum zet han hloh chu a tha nge tha lo tih pawh sawi a har. Sorkar hnathawk tan chuan thawh loh hlawh lakna, ti mai ang.

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    CFL Says:

    E he!!!!!

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  8. 8
    CFL Says:

    E he!!!!! :?

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    century child Says:

    Mak fiiii ni. Nuihzatthlak lamah pawh a kal lek2 alawm mawle. :o

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  10. 10
    mamboihi Says:

    An calender ah an adjust em ang chu te ka lo ti ve mai mai!!

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  11. 11
    Asteric Says:

    Sawi tur hre lo viau mah ila Kawment sak ve reng reng ang ṭhianpa hi :D

    Ava mak tak ve aw, ni bo te an lo nei nimaw!!!

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  12. 12
    ChhanaPa Says:

    ACB lamin chhui se a that dawn chu!

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  13. 13
    Chhuaklinga Says:

    Mak ve le.. Nibiru zu ni ngawt a. :D

    tren tren.

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    ReMpY_ScisSoR Says:

    Samoa ah juda cheng an awm chuan an buai hle ang, sabbath ni tur a buai ta veks.. :o

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