this is such a boring question but i need to no for homework and i dont understand lol ! plz some one help me not get a detention :P!
2006-10-10 09:20:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Because no country, especially during daylight hours, wants to have their citizens operating on 2 different dates at the same time so the date line was moved around any country so as not to cross it internally
2006-10-10 09:28:15 · answer #1 · answered by MGN2006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suspendor: The international date line does not run through England. You are thinking of the Greenwich Meridian. The IDL is opposite of the Greenwich Meridian and is an imaginary line established for the purpose of demarcating the point on the globe at which the date changed to account for travelling which occurs synchronously with the earth's rotation. Just consult the Wikipedia link in the first answer.
2006-10-10 09:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by happygogilmore2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The IDL runs down the middle of the Pacific Ocean (the place with the least amount of "land" anywhere on earth, and if you look at it does several zig zags to avoid going through any countries. Note that Greenwich England (the "0" point for time) is on the exact opposite side of the world from the IDL.
2006-10-10 09:44:16 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, the Prime Meridian, not the IDL runs through England, so that guy is an idiot. Secondly, just think about what would happen if half a country was a day ahead/behind the other half? So, the answer to your question is "because it would seriously f*** things up"
2006-10-10 09:31:39 · answer #4 · answered by bored 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-16 05:28:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you look at this line on a map it zigzags around countries so that the people in those countries are literally all 'in the same day' imagine the complications if Newcastle was in Tuesday but Carlisle was in wednesday interesting but complicated if you were to drive from one to the other..you could maybe write a short story about someone who had to do that..starts on a Tuesday and gets to wednesday on the same day ...then goes home to tuesday having been to the future..good luck.
2006-10-10 10:00:59 · answer #6 · answered by morison 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, that is truly sad. The IDL cuts through Greenwich, ENGLAND. Last I heard, that was a country.
I remember in school learning that it goes through England, France, and 'a corner of Spain'. I guess the teachers today have forgotten that.
And they wonder why people won't vote them even MORE money to waste!
2006-10-10 09:26:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was designed like that for the convenience of the country.
Check out the source article,
2006-10-10 09:23:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be a pain in the behind to cross the street and have the day be different.. think about it.. geez..
2006-10-10 09:28:20 · answer #9 · answered by limgrn_maria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-10 09:28:28 · answer #10 · answered by Keary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋