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.
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