No December 30th in Samoa and Tokelau

Did you know that today (Dec 30th, 2011) – due to a change of time zone – the day is being skipped in Samoa and Tokelau?

Events

1853 – The United States buys land from Mexico.
1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded.
1924 – The existence of other galaxies is announced.
1993 – Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
2006 – Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
2011 – Due to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.

At 29 December 2011 (that is on 30 December 10:00 UTC), Samoa advanced from UTC-11 to UTC+13, with DST advanced from UTC-10 to UTC+14[2][3], by skipping 30 December.

This leaves American Samoa in the UTC-11 time zone.



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