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प्रश्न
A ship crossing international dateline at mid-night on Wednesday Eastwards, find that it is mid-night Tuesday on the American side. Why?
उत्तर
A ship crossing international dateline from West to East gains a day. It repeats a day. A day is subtracted from the calendar. So when it is Wednesday midnight on the Asiatic side, it is Tuesday midnight on the American side.
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