Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
geographical region
imaginary line |
gptkbp:affects |
time zones
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gptkbp:approximateLongitude |
180 degrees
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gptkbp:bendsAround |
territories such as Kiribati, Samoa, and Tokelau
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gptkbp:crossingEastward |
subtract one day from calendar
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gptkbp:crossingEffect |
date changes by one day
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gptkbp:crossingWestward |
advance calendar by one day
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gptkbp:deviatesFrom |
gptkb:180th_meridian
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gptkbp:deviationReason |
to accommodate political and economic affiliations of nearby territories
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
the International Date Line
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gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
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gptkbp:notDefinedBy |
gptkb:international_relations
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gptkbp:notPassThrough |
any continent
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gptkbp:proposedBy |
19th century
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gptkbp:purpose |
marks the place where each day officially begins
separates calendar days |
gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Greenwich_Mean_Time
gptkb:Prime_Meridian gptkb:Coordinated_Universal_Time_(UTC) |
gptkbp:usedBy |
global timekeeping
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:the_Pacific
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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