Samoa to jump forward in time by one day

Re:Samoa to jump forward in time by one day by hugh3 on Monday May 09, 2011 @01:34PM (#2529488)

I was on a recent trans-Pacific flight where they announced after landing that one of the flight attendants had completely skipped over her birthday (we crossed the IDL at about midnight) so we gave her a round of applause for sacrificing her birthday in the name of duty.

I cross the IDL semi-frequently and it always depresses me. It depresses me when I completely skip a day going west, and it depresses me when I fly back the other way and have to live through the same day twice.

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Re:Samoa to jump forward in time by one day by paulbaumgart on Monday May 09, 2011 @02:49PM (#2529744)

You just have to time your trips right, so you can, for example, trade a Wednesday for an extra Saturday.

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Re:Samoa to jump forward in time by one day by hugh3 on Monday May 09, 2011 @03:26PM (#2529874)

Yeah, usually I travel on weekends so I wind up losing a Saturday and gaining an additional Monday.

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Re:Samoa to jump forward in time by one day by delinka on Monday May 09, 2011 @09:33PM (#2530894)

Holy crap! Who in their right mind wants an extra Monday?

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