Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The boundary-line between neighboring regions where the calendar day is different.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed by international or general agreement as a boundary on one side of which the same day shall have a different name and date in the calendar from its name and date on the other side. Also called
International Date Line .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
- noun an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
- verb mark with a date and place
- noun a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch
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Examples
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At that time the time zone to the east of the Date Line is 23 hours behind, still in the previous day.
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At that time the time zone to the east of the Date Line is 23 hours behind, still in the previous day.
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Anyone vacationing near the Date Line has to be doubly careful, for example when booking flights and hotels.
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Therefore the island of Kiritimati may be east of the Date Line, time-wise it belongs to the Western Hemisphere and is
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I’ve done the same at 60 Minutes, Prime Time and Date Line.
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