Sentences with phrase «international dateline»
The "international dateline" is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface that separates two consecutive calendar days. When you cross this line, you either go back a day or forward a day, depending on the direction of travel. It helps to keep track of time and mark the beginning and end of each day around the world. Full definition
«They honestly think you have the stamina of an ox to drag this piece of s — movie across international datelines,» actor says
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but God doesn't care about our self - devised international datelines and timezones anymore than he cares about touchdowns in football, homeruns in baseball, or 3 - pointers in basketball.
No, mankind labeled «time» as we know it, time zones, international dateline, hours, minutes, et al..
During the journey west, surface waters are heated by the Sun over a huge area west of the international dateline, known as the West Pacific warm pool.
Like an intoxicated pirate crossing the international dateline, we hope sailing into the next calendar year will somehow magically imbue us with a new understanding of our foibles and better self - control.
Remember that Singapore is across the international dateline, so you may need to book travel on December 6 here in the U.S.
The flight to Tokyo from the East Coast of the United States takes 12 hours — when traveling to Japan you cross the international dateline and lose a whole day.
I managed to sleep for a couple of hours, and woke up a few hundred miles after passing the international dateline.
It also creates warm sea surface temperature anomalies along the equator from the international dateline in the Pacific to the coast of South America.
Those 1000 days include 5 transatlantic flights and one flight across the international dateline where the timezone shifts make closing...