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Location: Linn County, Oregon
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International dateline question
A guy on another forum asked this:
"On the flight from Alaska to Vietnam there was chatter that we had missed Easter. Seems it was the day before on the east of the International Date Line and the day after when we arrived in Vietnam. So, no Easter for me in 1967. Is that possible, or did some clown on the flight make that up?"
Seem to me that when crossing the dateline, you either go forward, or backward, one day...but can't skip a full 24 hours day... Any Cliff Clavens here to fully explain?
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