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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Here ya goen.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line
It's described in the first paragraph. If I've understood correctly it's caused by the IDL not being straight which means that there can be a difference of more than 25 hours between timezones near the date line.
The apparently time travelling boat was good too!
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Captain V, Thu 18 Dec 2008, 15:49,
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