Crossing the International Date Line from West to East requires subtracting a day.
If a ship sailing from Tokyo (Japan) on Sunday at 8 AM for San Francisco (USA) takes 8 hours to reach there. On which day it will reach there?
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 2 2019 · Topic: The Earth (Time Zones: Standard Time, International Date Line)
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