The International Date Line, Explained
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4 жыл бұрынThe date line, it's somewhat of a border, but who is in charge of it?
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@georgebuzea6879 4 жыл бұрын
13:40 “at the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter”, but whose end of the day, Johnny? 😂
@princesspinkblue 4 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there! 😂👌
@zidani.s6712 4 жыл бұрын
nice
@HelgaCavoli 4 жыл бұрын
Underappreciated comment. This needs more likes!
@Mercilessonion 4 жыл бұрын
I thought he was gonna explain what happens at the end of the day at first lol
@JaydenWorth 4 жыл бұрын
amazing
@m.daniels1496 3 жыл бұрын
I’m from the Cook Islands 🇨🇰 and I just want to confirm that your info in this video is 100% spot on in terms of what day the Cook Islands fall in.. Your research and content here is just incredible..thank you 🙌🏾
@rushikesh1457 3 жыл бұрын
Ok so we got a confirmation that Google is wrong😂😂 Cheers Johnny 🥂
@TheGameChallenger 3 жыл бұрын
sorry if im being stupid here but aren't the Cook Island people islanders? Or do they have just as good technology as us (those pictures were really misleading) (sorry if im being stupid)
@m.daniels1496 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGameChallenger 😆 great question... yea so we have technology just like everyone else.. not going to lie our internet is expensive but it works fine👍🏾 great holiday destination 🤷🏾♂️
@TheGameChallenger 3 жыл бұрын
@@m.daniels1496 that's great, sorry for asking such a stupid question, have a nice day and thank you for answering!
@theawkwardcurrypot9556 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGameChallenger most people live with simialr standards nowadays
@ravex24 8 ай бұрын
I was in the Navy and in 2003, we crossed the IDL going West, losing a day, meaning I only experienced 364 calendar days that year. However, we came back in 2004 and crossed the IDL going East, so I experienced an extra day. It was also a leap year in 2004 which means I got to experience 367 days that year.
@ravex24 7 ай бұрын
And to top it off, my ship played the movie Groundhog's Day for 48 hrs straight on the TVs as we crossed back over going East. It wasn't awesome but at least my ship had a sense of humor.
@timmy3982 7 ай бұрын
You probably have superpowers now
@dalfifran7572 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a geographer, and i can tell you how hard, and what a pain in the ass is to describe how International Date Line works to common people. 2:25 That animation you do by looking the earth upside down from pole is great. It would help a lot of people to understand the concept of how it works.
@Rotisiv 2 жыл бұрын
I bet it took forever to get it through your head the first time too.
@fadel3d 2 жыл бұрын
except flat earthers?
@Zach014G 2 жыл бұрын
didnt take a braincell to figure out how the date line worked. Some people just are a little slower on the uptake lolol
@thomasmoore7036 Жыл бұрын
I always was dumbfounded by it, too much so to bother looking it up. I wondered why the IDL wasn’t GMT since that’s where time was kept.
@mobileraufwachraum Жыл бұрын
If you understand timezones, why Alaska's and East russia's timezones are 1-2 hours not matching the South's opposite ?
@KenKnorr 3 жыл бұрын
I never realized that in some places Amazon could offer "previous day" shipping.
@arthurroberts491 3 жыл бұрын
That is cute.
@drakeisacake 3 жыл бұрын
Now that is intresting!
@domhnallx 3 жыл бұрын
GG
@ca-ke9493 3 жыл бұрын
lol except that unless the person physically moves from where they ordered the item, to a region in the previous day, that person can never receive the product on the previous day.
@bird-war 3 жыл бұрын
If youre going from Samoa to American Samoa or back then yes (technically)
@JuanWayTrips 4 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for the future series of Borders when Johnny takes a boat and travels along the whole international date line to expand on this video.
@causeand3ff3ct 4 жыл бұрын
YES!
@XerosXIII 4 жыл бұрын
Of course, he promised :D
@eleventhclara 4 жыл бұрын
PLEASE
@CarlosAppleduardo 4 жыл бұрын
omG that would be great
@AlexMcDaniels 4 жыл бұрын
yes please
@ThreeProphets 2 жыл бұрын
Dates can have a pretty major impact on trade. Less confusing date hopping between important Pacific nations like Japan and Australia means less delays and easier logistics. I suspect this is why countries like Samoa chose to change sides. So in that way, this does affect what countries get how many resources and when, and is very important. Just one more way we've carved up the planet in the interest of business rather than being easily understandable to the average geographer
@ikimiyu 2 жыл бұрын
:0
@deathmetal11111 2 жыл бұрын
And how is that a bad thing? Islands getting this business can have a direct impact on the quality of life for their people. Confusing some hobby geographers at home shouldn't be a consideration for them.
@Anonymous-df8it Жыл бұрын
The math is of the same difficulty though
@ems4884 Жыл бұрын
Yes but, in an era when much of the logistics will be ironed out by algorithms on computers, is it really so consequential anymore? I would want to hear from someone in the business. Personally, i think a world without timezones would be fairly interesting. But that's just s thought experiment
@ems4884 Жыл бұрын
@@deathmetal11111 nowhere in that comment did he claim it was "a bad thing" - or a "good thing" for that matter.
@tristandunn4628 Жыл бұрын
The fun part is that some of these islands are GMT+13 and GMT+14 hours! In fairness, the time zone borders over land are just as messed up. Coming down from us here in the UK, a good half of France is immediately below us, and Spain is all below or to the west of us, yet they prefer to be in a more easterly time zone to be with their neighbours on the same land mass. Interestingly, Portugal is the same as the UK, so the line follows the Spain/Portugal border. I dare say there are similar quirks through Asia and the Americas.
@miriamrobarts Жыл бұрын
In the US, we have a state called Arizona in the southwest that changes time zones so they don't have to deal with Daylight Saving Time like the rest of us. So part of the time they match the states to the North & the other part of the year they match with California to the West.
@Anonymous-df8it Жыл бұрын
Honestly, we should just eliminate time zones and instead consider that other countries have different schedules. No disadvantages, plus you have the advantage of communicating when things are happening far easier
@HappyBeezerStudios Жыл бұрын
@@Anonymous-df8it We could just use UTC without offset everywhere. That is data is already processed. Timestamps are in UTC and the local system adjusts the offset, but saves changes in UTC again.
@2BoogerFace Жыл бұрын
The reason France is in a different time zone actually dates back to the German occupation in World War II, and the same goes for the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Spain also switched time zones at this time (if I were to guess, it'd be because Spain wanted to have positive relations with Germany).
@manarroumiah8862 3 жыл бұрын
12:41 That moment When you use Google search engine to prove that Google maps are wrong
@Mobster9114 3 жыл бұрын
It’s a savage move hahaha
@burstingsanta2710 3 жыл бұрын
Dats Wikipedia
@saturnatnight3479 3 жыл бұрын
I used Google to destroy Google
@spoopsiuwu356 3 жыл бұрын
@@burstingsanta2710 no he used google
@dimitrioslianos511 3 жыл бұрын
if google was correct this video couldn't exist ... so now is fix point in time and space!
@solar2028 3 жыл бұрын
This is a man of culture, he puts the sponsorship ad at the end of the video
@Poseidon-oz9pg 3 жыл бұрын
That dosent really say anything about culture..
@dihydrogenoxide5109 3 жыл бұрын
@@Poseidon-oz9pg I see that you. are. NOT. a man/woman/attack helicopter of culture.
@samnjoefiddler2565 3 жыл бұрын
i will watch his ad only bc he thought of us
@TerribleTonyShow 3 жыл бұрын
a real man of culture doesn't include sponsorships
@commonsensepolitics297 3 жыл бұрын
Ah... I hadn't noticed. I have Sponsor Block.
@dimitriskonstantinidis4644 2 жыл бұрын
Just a quick notice: the picture with the ship wreck that you show at 6:33 claiming to be from Pacific Ocean islands is actually from the beach Navagio in Zakynthos, an island of Greece. I state this so that you can make better references next time, giving every place the correct credits.
@thankamma1952 8 ай бұрын
12:43PM
@angelinafung5598 2 жыл бұрын
This was an amazing video!!! Loved every bit of it from the animation to music selection to audio etc. learned a lot too! You are amazing !!
@hurd4978 4 жыл бұрын
Dear lord your editing skills are next level
@captainyolowaffle3160 4 жыл бұрын
Lord, your*
@ashya.pashya 4 жыл бұрын
He works for vox , vox has team of editors and those editors edit his videos
@hurd4978 4 жыл бұрын
आshu not true! This is his personal channel and he edits the videos.
@Mirsab 4 жыл бұрын
@@hurd4978 exactly and even on vox he edits his own videos to my knowledge
@geographer3693 4 жыл бұрын
His understanding of geomatics engineering could use some work
@Trotamundospatricio 4 жыл бұрын
Flat earthers must be freaking out
@ahnafj416 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@h.szymanski 4 жыл бұрын
They are used to denial and cognitive dissonance, so they'll be fine
@HelgaCavoli 4 жыл бұрын
They probably see these videos like fun fiction.
@SmouthPole 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@play005517 4 жыл бұрын
@@HelgaCavoli It must be like watching fiction fans fighting over some plot holes in the lore.
@georgeharris572 2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad this video popped up in my feed, I remember when I was in elementary school and we heard / learned about the map lines and this video would have been a fantastic find back then as the explanation at that time was basically "that's just the way it is and how you need to answer on the test" with little real parts of the why. It wasn't until years later and hours in the library that I really knew the why, so thank you for this video and even now I wish someone would have made just a short film like this to watch back then
@seejarrettstudio8248 Жыл бұрын
Had a 30 minute long conversation about what happens with time zones when they meet back at the origin. Never heard of the international date line. Did one googling and found this video. Fantastic stuff! Thanks for sharing.
@jk484 4 жыл бұрын
Google Maps shouldn't be considered a definitive source. Nicaragua accidentally invaded Costa Rica in 2010 due to a Google Maps error.
@blakedake19 4 жыл бұрын
really?
@brandonmurray2922 4 жыл бұрын
I happened to have caught on to that while looking for routes through the Bosawas. Sorry on behalf of my country, I guess (^_^)
@spicuzz 4 жыл бұрын
This is a good subject for a next Johnny Harris's video!
@BraunStavanger 4 жыл бұрын
governments should not rely on international companies and that is a fact
@tlo1216 4 жыл бұрын
Can you provide a source?
@sanjanabindra1496 3 жыл бұрын
As a geography nerd, I always felt so embarrassed telling people this was something I enjoyed. But now, I just show them your videos, cuz you make Geography look so goddamn cool. Thank you!
@avatarwb 3 жыл бұрын
Um, yeah, me too.
@saurabhonline9081 3 жыл бұрын
Geography is the real and practical learning..helps understand our nature.
@darekmistrz4364 2 жыл бұрын
You could say that any topic is interesting, people are just stupid to say that something is boring. They look at everything at surface level.
@yourmama3515 2 жыл бұрын
The whole timezone changing thing just to fit it with their own geographic boundaries is soo stupid & complicated, it’s just, it’s stupid
@DanieltheTruebadour 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Geology may rock, but geography is where it's at.
@wa3ter 6 ай бұрын
Thank you brother. You made this amazingly simple and your AE skills are great!
@CristinaVice 2 жыл бұрын
As a Geographer I’ve watched many of your videos and love how your mapping examples show! I suggest later on integrating into Geographic Information Systems! Maybe if you upload the Pacific site layer and Google Maps layer it can be the same depending the coordinate system your looking them. Hope it helps! Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 saludos
@saksham379 Жыл бұрын
Bro I wanna get really smart at Geography; where should I start from?
@phoenixepsilon9851 3 жыл бұрын
6:34 I always find it funny that Zakynthos, Greece makes it to the list of stunning pacific beach pictures.
@Pretency 2 жыл бұрын
Haha I saw that photo as well and thought, wtf that looks just like Zakynthos. :D
@Valrie_28 2 жыл бұрын
Same, people should check their sources 😂😂
@georgetimo7008 2 жыл бұрын
@Joel Scrimshaw same
@DannyvanHolten 2 жыл бұрын
That is indeed a stupid mistake :P
@tiago7036 2 жыл бұрын
Literally thought the same lol
@AntonWongVideo 4 жыл бұрын
13:08 "Google Maps has something wrong?" **Every country with contested borders that just discovered Google uses dotted lines in other countries' versions of the map** "Damn RIGHT they do!"
@scaredyfish 4 жыл бұрын
Are they showing people in different countries different things?
@Enoch916 4 жыл бұрын
@@scaredyfish Yes if both countries A and B claim the same land X Google maps show: Land X is within A's border, a solid line with A IP address within B's border with B IP address A dotted line if you are using not A nor B IP address Example: Kashmir in India/Pakistan, Crimea, Taiwan
@AntonWongVideo 4 жыл бұрын
@@seangt but in the country(with contested borders)'s google maps, it often shows solid lines over their claims e.g. Kashmir. obviously, each country wants to assert their claim and would be upset at anyone who disagrees or even shows a dotted border
@Mercilessonion 4 жыл бұрын
@@seangt Yeah, but no country wants to see that there is even a question of the region not being a part itself and thus the op comment
@AkshayVasant 4 жыл бұрын
@@AntonWongVideo Like Arunachal Pradesh between India and China.
@cbchang6200 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Johnny! I just looked up the International Date Line for the first time, because I am planning a trip to the south pacific. When I looked for an image of the International Date Line, I was very surprised to see it was not a straight line. I said to myself, "What the Hey?" Your video has explained it perfectly for me. Where I am planning on going will be on the Tuesday side of the date line.👍😊💖
@qwertymanseter 2 жыл бұрын
6:26 "Just remember that the international date line runs through some of the most beautiful ocean in the world, and it's worth just looking at it for a second." Greeks at 6:33: *mr worldwide*
@RealEngineering 4 жыл бұрын
Johnny you owe us a Borders episode in Northern Ireland for that one 😂
@neilohara6227 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely, and explain why he threw in a random picture of a beach in Greece in with his beautiful Pacific islands.
@ayoubmilkyway5528 3 жыл бұрын
@@neilohara6227 Well you see, Zakynthos is famed for its independent spirit, they unilaterally declared to be in GMT-21.2 million, somewhere during 404 BC, at the height of their power and influence
@endakilgarriff8218 3 жыл бұрын
Legitimately came down here the instant Ireland was in the circle to see if there was a comment 😆
@emirkuvvet 3 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen a big KZfaq channel comment under another big KZfaq channel's video until now
@sayonarabeats9048 3 жыл бұрын
@@emirkuvvet you fr?😂😂
@BigBoiiLeem 3 жыл бұрын
My favourite part of living ahead of GMT is that when you travel over the IDL, you often arrive at your destination before you left. When I went to the US, I took off from New Zealand at 10:00 AM GMT+12 on Tuesday, and arrived in New York at 4AM on Tuesday.
@ahuman7523 2 жыл бұрын
Yay a -6 hour flight
@PROTOTYPEHALO 2 жыл бұрын
That's silly, take a flight from -10 to +10 to skip mondays
@shahsb_27 2 жыл бұрын
Helps only when you don't have to travel back, or the loss of one day hurts more than gaining extra hours of traveling to west.
@BigBoiiLeem 2 жыл бұрын
@@shahsb_27 for sure, when I travelled to Vietnam, we lost close to a day on the way over
@redbark7770 2 жыл бұрын
@@ahuman7523 Air New Zealand taking it to the next level
@canadagood 2 жыл бұрын
I remember reading somewhere - which I can't locate in three minutes of extensive Wikipedia research - that a big argument of Greenwich as Prime Meridian was the relative lack of population that put near the 180 degree anti-meridian. If, for example, the Prime Meridian was somewhat logically located in the mid-Atlantic then the Monday / Tuesday Date Line would run somewhere through New South Wales. If alternatively Jerusalem was chosen then the Date Line would run through Anchorage instead of Kiribati. Picking New York would put the Date Line mess in the middle of East Asia. Choosing mid-Europe makes a lot of sense.
@gavin_westrick 2 жыл бұрын
The style of this is so thought out and clean I like it
@dantaylor9132 4 жыл бұрын
6:34 that’s Zacynthos, an island in Greece.
@johnnyharris 4 жыл бұрын
whoops! i blew that one lol
@dantaylor9132 4 жыл бұрын
Johnny Harris still a great video
@shway1 4 жыл бұрын
@@johnnyharris google reverse image search
@KD__. 4 жыл бұрын
👍 I thought that.
@Mercilessonion 4 жыл бұрын
This proves Greece Islands are as beautiful as Pacific island Nations
@livinhappy 4 жыл бұрын
This morning at Google’s headquarters, “Uh.. so I watched this KZfaq video today and we’re going to redraw the international date line on Google Maps guys.”
@abhishek038 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice description. Amazing effort Johny👍
@lilrubfrsocal6708 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid thank you!! Especially thank u for the island pics 👍
@tinyj325 4 жыл бұрын
6:34 This is a beach on Zakintos Greece. Definitely not in the middle of pacific.
@frathouse_music 3 жыл бұрын
Never the less. One of the most beautifull islands there is
@hmmm4951 3 жыл бұрын
I was laughing my ass of when I saw it
@rupen42 3 жыл бұрын
It's funny that that's the one that caught my eye the most
@beastroides 3 жыл бұрын
nah its the island from surfs up thats big z shack
@theyoutubersfromdenmark8143 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been there, very beautiful.
@dxkaiyuan4177 4 жыл бұрын
UK: to further distance ourselves from the rest of Europe, we've decided to move to the other side of the international date line
@dolphindiverbct8297 4 жыл бұрын
Honestly at this point I wouldn't be surprised
@dolphindiverbct8297 4 жыл бұрын
@muhammad wafri Yeah I know I think that what I said was a pretty obvious joke
@thelinktothegame6081 4 жыл бұрын
Can they do that
@thelinktothegame6081 4 жыл бұрын
muhammad wafri oh yeah
@iamvishar 4 жыл бұрын
@muhammad wafri They already did some weird stuff. The town of Greenwich doesn't have GMT 0 time.
@paulkyle Жыл бұрын
That is a great explainer. That topdown view was such a clear representation
@prajjalmukherjee1695 2 жыл бұрын
I never ever watched this type of well composed video on date line Thnks
@javierporrata356 3 жыл бұрын
Boss: I need that done yesterday Kiwi employee: ight Imma head out *flies to Cook Islands ...: I did the job boss
@aisha5156 3 жыл бұрын
Easy solution?
@sambeaumont395 3 жыл бұрын
Did the boss go to the Cook Islands too?
@brookedilworth761 3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't you have to come from the cook islands to get it done yesterday? Not tomorrow..
@Pwnstared 3 жыл бұрын
@@sambeaumont395 no, he called him up on the phone.
@gauravgandhi4642 3 жыл бұрын
@@brookedilworth761 no the cook islands are on west side which means they are aligned with US timeline and Since NZ time is ahead of US than it will be yesterday on Cook islands.
@colinmcc8564 3 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to add that the people in Greenwich said, "obviously let's make it easy for us and let the people on the other side of the world deal with the complicated part".
@inhobiswinecellar9571 2 жыл бұрын
well I could imagine the brits are tired of getting in other people's business
@whitif7412 2 жыл бұрын
what you on about
@Boby9333 2 жыл бұрын
Go try doing a line that split the entire world in two for the international date line without splitting any country, oh and don't forget that some country also want to use the same date as their biggest economic partner.
@colinmcc8564 2 жыл бұрын
@@Boby9333 don't overthink my comment, I just think we got lucky with the IDL placement, but then again the planet is 70% ocean.
@whitif7412 2 жыл бұрын
@@Boby9333 i dont think the sun cares if someone is american LOL
@RealLife2019. 2 жыл бұрын
I am learning so very much. Thank you 🙏🏻 this stuff is priceless
@konradswiader9460 2 жыл бұрын
Great video Johnny. As always very practical and clear.Thanks.
@chillingisliving 3 жыл бұрын
My dad use to be captain of a boat and we had to go from Tahiti to Tonga, we were passing the international date line right before the sun was coming up, in some little dumb way that morning I got to be the first person to see the sunrise for that day, it's dumb and selfish but always enjoyed it.
@linwengong3264 2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@jmjm1920 2 жыл бұрын
Ancient Tonga Ha'amonga a Maui Stonehenge Calendar as where time begins today 🤔
@happyspacecat408 2 жыл бұрын
That's not dumb and selfish, that's cool!
@shameimaru_aya 11 ай бұрын
That's rather very interesting than selfish.
@ClementinesCoins 3 жыл бұрын
6:34 thats actually a picture of zakynthos in greece
@bmsmusician 3 жыл бұрын
Haha exactly! I had to paus the video and scroll down to if nobody had spotted this...
@niemand3637 3 жыл бұрын
@@bmsmusician same
@johncurrie8719 3 жыл бұрын
Another same. I’m paused at 6:35 scrolling too. 😂😉
@pontification7891 3 жыл бұрын
Σαμε
@Peter-bp5vw 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely Zakynthos. Stock footage used with no research into where.
@robertbakerii5469 2 жыл бұрын
I’m still confused but a whole lot less. For that fun and informative video you just got a new subscriber!!! Thanks Jonny.
@grehermary Жыл бұрын
Great video. Interesting and informative. Great sense of humor too! Well done!
@Seedaworld 4 жыл бұрын
Wow this is perfect. I literally learning this in online school
@BearMeOut 4 жыл бұрын
Before the corona, I never expected people saying "online school" as a thing. Back then people just say "read it online" or "online classes" The future is now old man.
@Scott-py1sd 3 жыл бұрын
Here's a scenario you missed. It's 10:00 on Monday in London (GMT +0). Kiribati is GMT +14, making it 00:00 Tuesday. However in Pago Pago (American Samoa -11GMT) it's still 23:00 on Sunday. Three days at the same time.
@loveforsberg530 3 жыл бұрын
Corollary: There is never a well-defined date on Earth, as a whole.
@christianbarnay2499 3 жыл бұрын
@@loveforsberg530 UTC is a well-defined date applicable everywhere. Local times are just an offset forward or backward from that. UTC is also free of seasonal DST changes that are a far worst nightmare than the date line. Because DST results in a 1 hour range being repeated twice and another 1 hour range never existing. That's why all computers truly keep track of time in UTC and only do a conversion to local time for display.
@houseofwolves_ 3 жыл бұрын
Took me a while to fully understand how it works tbh but that's great 👏🏼
@JohannesNikitin91 3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting this whole video that this kind of scenario about GMT +13 or +14 mentioned... And it not mentioned. But video was great anyways.
@tmc3455 3 жыл бұрын
There should be just 24 hours in a day! Oh forget it...let's just use 25 hours clocks 🎧
@twishamehta1667 2 жыл бұрын
The quality of video-making here is just absolutely phenomenal. Good fucking job @JohnnyHarris!
@syverlunde9622 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for good video quality and good research!
@wahyurahmat7411 4 жыл бұрын
"it doesn't matter at all" - 16 minutes video
@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 4 жыл бұрын
But it's worth it to watch 😂
@marcelbalaz5964 4 жыл бұрын
Bu it matters a lot to people living there! That's the reason they made their choices what time they are using. And all time zones are nice example. Extreme one is China, lying in 5 zones, decided to use one.
@wahyurahmat7411 4 жыл бұрын
marcel balaz you right!
@kiwiSTV 4 жыл бұрын
marcel balaz yeah I agree, “it doesn’t matter” is such a bad take and ignores the fact Google clearly thinks the Pacific Islanders in these areas aren’t worth their effort, plus the international date line has a massive economic impact and is telling of political and cultural allegiances in the area.
@kuehlschrank4389 3 жыл бұрын
13:38 "At the end of the day it doesn't really matter". At the end of what day? Monday or Tuesday?
@stefan0ro 3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@anirudhkulkarni3989 3 жыл бұрын
Sunday
@arthursoares610 3 жыл бұрын
Both and neither
@mikker2673 3 жыл бұрын
Stolen comment
@lasercat538 3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't matter
@beautifulblackbeauty8641 2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad I stumbled upon you today! It's an honor. You are brillant!
@limmykinh 2 жыл бұрын
I was up until 2am randomly trying to figure this out. So, I'm glad you have a video to explain it to me easier.
@miriamrobarts 3 жыл бұрын
I've caught minor errors on Google maps (directions) before. They really appreciate people sending in corrections, and I saw them fix a couple of mistakes pretty quickly. They will also add businesses you submit.
@aucklandnewzealand2023 Жыл бұрын
You can suggest street misinformation and they will aprove it
@HappyBeezerStudios Жыл бұрын
Let's not forget that they display different information in different regions. Basically every location with unclear or contested borders will be displayed differently depending on which side of the border you live on.
@john_molden 9 ай бұрын
They don't mind the mistakes, it makes it easier to spot plagiarism
@pmberkeley 3 жыл бұрын
You can report mapping errors to Google. They get plenty of stuff wrong. I've corrected spelling on lake and river names (this seems to be a common error, since we don't usually use Google maps for bodies of water, so people don't notice it), and due to local highway construction they've been wrong about a local route for several years now.
@ems4884 Жыл бұрын
It's interesting to think about how much less our lives are structured around bodies of water than they once were.
@DadgeCity Жыл бұрын
I find reporting map errors to Google a frustrating process. Often there's no option on the pop-up form to make the necessary correction.
@pmberkeley Жыл бұрын
@@DadgeCity agreed.
@JonathanSchrock 7 ай бұрын
My home address is incorrect, and after reporting it twice, it still is not fixed.
@pmberkeley 7 ай бұрын
@@JonathanSchrock I imagine that would be difficult for them to verify. With bodies of water and highways, it's fairly easy. It also makes an impact on many people, vs only a few.
@emilioortega9487 2 жыл бұрын
this is the best video I've ever seen about this topic, thanks
@joycarter757 Жыл бұрын
Good research. A subject I've been curious about for years.
@rishabh_gour 3 жыл бұрын
"doesn't really matter" ?? ... yeah, ask a software developer about that.
@arianheight750 3 жыл бұрын
Headache incoming
@RJPick1 3 жыл бұрын
Not if you use UTC! ..... despite William Willet coming along and deciding we in the UK would mess around with GMT and it all got difficult again.
@mhumanworldm 3 жыл бұрын
Hello. I've been summoned
@Smaylik03 3 жыл бұрын
@@RJPick1 Not really. Some things (like birthdays, for example) must ONLY be stored in dates, not datetimes, meaning it can not be UTC. You basically have to store it in user's timezone. There are more examples of this; not always can you use 00:00/23:59 as starting/ending points, due to timezones like +13 and even +14 being a thing. So UTC is a savior, but definitely not an easy solution. Plus, don't forget you have to convert every single datetime to user's zone coming from the server, then back to UTC coming to the server and sometimes to user's zone on the server. It's not easy task. Definitely a headache.
3 жыл бұрын
I mean... the real pain as a software developer is doing all this shit while KNOWING it doesn't really matter.
@orangemonkeykiller 2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you ended that on "at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter" because depending on what side of the international date line these nations are on is a big show of who their closest friends and trading partners are. Changing sides can be quite controversial and massively ruffles feathers
@saksham379 Жыл бұрын
How bro?
@aucklandnewzealand2023 Жыл бұрын
False, they don't really care
@BangladeshTheBest Жыл бұрын
@@aucklandnewzealand2023 you’re wrong, ask me why did Samoa change the date line, or the thousands of other pacific nations on the date line….
@BangladeshTheBest 8 ай бұрын
@@zerioxiii so they could trade with Australia and New Zealand, before it was one of the last places. To see sunrise which made ot harder to trade.
@jijojosein 2 жыл бұрын
Damn! The amount of time and research you put into this is incredible. Hats off!
@UncleShanky 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen videos like this where they give run around answers to a question that could be answered straight forward and thank you for answering the question! I saw this in my feed and I’m like “HMMM why is that line like that?” And now I know. Thank you for being an awesome creator!
@ndiamantopoulos 3 жыл бұрын
6:34 that's a picture of the greek island zakinthos on a beach named "shipwreck" not in the pacific but in the ionian sea
@6610stix 3 жыл бұрын
I guess I can quit wondering what island in the mid-Pacific was formed on top of sedimentary limestone.
@benstanway8553 3 жыл бұрын
I thought the same. Like that's ship wreck beach in Greece man 🤣🤣
@MarkoCloud 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's Zakynthos.
@anjunakerry82 3 жыл бұрын
Came here to make the same comment. Saw you beat me to it. Zante is absolutely stunning!
@RAWRsynchro 3 жыл бұрын
I was scrolling through hoping to see this comment
@MrGbigpapa 3 жыл бұрын
6:34 is Zakynthos Greece. Not anywhere near the Pacific Ocean.
@notyourbusiness3751 3 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one to notice. I live near Zakynthos and that pissed me off.
@askannav2094 3 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA thats awesome !
@Momo-xs8mo 3 жыл бұрын
It’s hard to get stock video of specific things. The video got the point across
@GregMcNeish Жыл бұрын
Great video. I especially liked the "top-down" view of the globe to demonstrate the concept. I remember my dad doing something similar with pencil & paper when I asked about it as a kid (he was a draftsman, so he never had a sloppy circle). One thing that could use a little expansion is why countries choose to be on one side or the other. You went into detail on why Kiribati consolidated, so that they didn't have offset weekends, but the exact same consideration is why countries like Samoa switch from one side to the other: So that they can have overlapping work weeks with their biggest trading partners. That's why it's a line that very much matters to the people living there. For such small nations, it's one of the most important foreign affairs decisions they can make.
@nickfromnyc6883 Жыл бұрын
This video is so trippy, I love it, and I feel so informed
@Pepa14pig 3 жыл бұрын
That top look at the earth is one of the best explanations I’ve seen so far
@eirinimariachelioudaki7244 4 жыл бұрын
6:34 I'm from Greece and at some point where you showed the pictures, you also added a picture of Zakynthos, which I guess is not in the International Date Line.... but I'm proud you added it! I just love your content and your wife as well!!!
@frankmyers1097 2 жыл бұрын
This analysis was amazing, very impressive.
@rogercavazos7896 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Johnny. I've been enjoying your history/map videos. You know what would be a good follow up to the international date line video? A video that explains why a, "new day," technically begins at night. Wouldn't the first hour of the local SUNRISE make more sense? I would love this video, so please consider it. Keep up the good work.
@laynewebb5986 4 жыл бұрын
There is one explanation that I haven't seen mentioned yet: Google maps contains many intentional errors. This is a long practiced method to detect copied maps. In the olden days, this could be adding a non-existent island or mountain, nowadays its more likely to be a road or a town. Map Men (Jay Foreman) here on youtube did a video on some of these discrepancies that you can find in Google Maps and visited one to show it. That said, it would seem odd to me to do that for the dateline. Adding fake towns and roads is unlikely to cause a map reader too much trouble, but being able to tell which day it is for an island seems like a much bigger deal.
@callabeth258 4 жыл бұрын
John Green has a whole book called paper towns on this!
@LadyLexyStarwatcher 3 жыл бұрын
There are also stories about GM actually helping people define their borders when they didn't have the resources to do it them selves after a civil war or some such. My favourite is how depending on where you access it it from the China-India border changes to suite the will of the political powers that influence that region.
@zidaryn 3 жыл бұрын
@@LadyLexyStarwatcher Yep. And China's is the oddest. The country is correctly mapped, but it's all with a slight distortion/shift.
@Essutos 3 жыл бұрын
Could you link me that video?
@rosemaryroscrow2506 3 жыл бұрын
Here's the link for the Map Men video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esuZdLeqkqzKmn0.html
@raphaelvrahimis964 3 жыл бұрын
6:34 that's Zakynthos in Greece that's in the Ioanian Sea nowhere close to the Pacific
@simonuser 2 жыл бұрын
Hé probably just searched for pacific coasts and got that as a result. It’s pretty hard knowing where every coast in the world is so if it’s in google searches for pacific coast and looks kinda like a pacific island you would assume it’s somewhere in the pacific. He doesn’t know it’s in Greece
@raphaelvrahimis964 2 жыл бұрын
@@simonuser ok you can do a reverse image search before making the video I guess and if you don't know something do you research better before posting
@jaygarret992 2 жыл бұрын
@@raphaelvrahimis964 chill my guy its one img that doesnt affect the video a lot
@mad_160realrealreal 2 жыл бұрын
@@raphaelvrahimis964 Do you know how much more work it would be? Hours of someone's life wasted so 1 image that barely affects the video doesn't sneak in.
@euricthor 2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't put setting a dateline to arbitrariness ("it doesn't matter"), but instead, it is about geopolitical and economical influence of one state to another; considering Australia's and NZ's economical influence on the Pacific Islands-- it reduces commercial and logistical confusion.
@itsmuazz 2 жыл бұрын
I had somany thoughts on the international date line, and you just cleared my thoughts.
@noahdominicsilvio2472 4 жыл бұрын
This is such a good video! I just have an issue about your last statement, though. I disagree that it "doesn't really matter". Time zones matter very much do matter. They are powerful political statements that declare alliances and the values of a country. There's a reason why, even though it spans 5 "actual" geological time zones, China only has one in its entire territory, As a statement of unity. Same with India. There's a reason why, for a few years, North Korea turned its time zone back by 30 minutes as a rejection of historical Japanese imperialism. There's a reason why Spain lived in the wrong time zone for decades. As an act of solidarity to Nazi Germany. There's a reason why Singapore lives one hour ahead of its geographical time zone. It makes trading with China, one of its allies, easier. Time zones are political statements. In the case of the Cook Islands, their time zone is part of their sovereignty. THEY decided where they belonged on the side of the date line. I feel like that decision should be respected. These lines on a map, however imaginary, have politics, driven by human connections, behind them
@Sofiaode18 4 жыл бұрын
I live in Jakarta, Indonesia where the time zone is GMT+7, and I had a conversation with a Singaporean guy over an online game. He asked me what the time was in Jakarta, and he told me what time it was in Singapore. He answered precisely one hour ahead of my time which I thought was confusing since Singapore seems to be within the GMT+7 line. Now I know why Singapore is one hour ahead thanks to you.
@GODGAMERPlayz 3 жыл бұрын
Noah Dominic Silvio Wth is wrong with u
@harshithas5024 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with your point. However imaginary they may be, they are significant in decision making, and Google maps must represent them accurately, or not show it at all.
@ShadowKing-th8cj 3 жыл бұрын
Megaclone347 what do you mean “wth is wrong with you”? He was trying to make a good analysis with substantial geographic statements. He clearly knows what he’s talking about
@GeorgeMartinus 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sofiaode18 Because the globe is tilting a bit. That's why they can witness the sunrise first. But it's not applied in northern region of Sumatra (Aceh, North Sumatra, etc).
@randomguyfromtheinternet5477 3 жыл бұрын
When you realize you can time travel but only for one day
@carultch 2 жыл бұрын
You aren't really time travelling. You are just going to another place, where people keep track of the time from a different starting point. It's not like you can travel 12 time zones to the east, and know the future in your original time zone.
@6telephone 7 ай бұрын
@@carultchr/wooooooosh
@carultch 7 ай бұрын
@@6telephone r/thisisntreddit
@arpad2188 6 ай бұрын
What a great video! Honestly, I did not even know there's such a line where you can change a whole day! I don't know what I was thinking because I of course knew about time zones. That animation in the video is perfect. But I had to pause it because it was hard to face the reality :D Now I'm thinking of an explanation my friends would understand the first part of (what is the date line) without having access to KZfaq or any video in general, and I would put it this way. Point at any location on the globe (preferably a land where people actually live). They would say, "We want the sun exactly above us at noon" - and they have every right to do that. Now you move around the globe at a speed so that the sun is always above, it's always noon for you - and ask people you meet every now and then, they will demand the same - and you grant them that. You do this until you arrive to the last island before your starting point. "Okay guys, you can also have it just like everyone else but you have to accept the fact that your neighbor is one day ahead because I've been travelling for a day since I was there". But of course this point (line) isn't just anywhere but halfway around the world from Greenwich (for reasons not discussed here)
@bjw4859 2 жыл бұрын
I'm in Australia, so new years day is a big one for us, being one of the 1st countries to see the sun come up on a new year, also as a child I remember watching live cricket matches played in Western Australia where it was still day light but for us on the east coast it was well & truly dark, well done for trying to get it all straight in my head.
@User-3O3 3 жыл бұрын
13:13 Even though I had never heard of Pacioos before watching this video, I would've still taken their word over Google's on which version of the Date Line is accurate.
@guilhermesilva98 3 жыл бұрын
yeah I wouldn't event think twice before trusting Pacioos over Google
@Sheriden. 3 жыл бұрын
True. These people study and keep up on this
@dragonfury1565 4 жыл бұрын
3:04 Dude explaining his stuff: So right now its noon in Florida Me who lives in Florida and watching this at midnight: Wha-
@DrWhoo-kz7sw 3 жыл бұрын
It was recorded before it was uploaded and wasn't uploaded on the same day
@stratis722 3 жыл бұрын
@@DrWhoo-kz7sw rip, r/woooosh
@xopuxirii3149 3 жыл бұрын
@Dragonfury 15 he used it as example
@dragonfury1565 3 жыл бұрын
Mathe ist mein Hobby I know, i just noticed how it kinda lined up in a way, i was only trying to make a joke, although it seems some people don’t understand comedy
@stratis722 3 жыл бұрын
@@dragonfury1565 exactly lmao like am i the only one who understands it
@sirfer6969 2 жыл бұрын
I don't know why you think we're bored of your graphics, your presentations are excellent. I especially thought the top-down view of the globe made the situation very clear.
@lucialee1232 2 жыл бұрын
This is such a high quality video and this is soo cool.
@WojtekSiudzinski 4 жыл бұрын
Ummm isn't 6:34 Zakynthos, Greece? 😅
@gersondesouza6598 4 жыл бұрын
yes my observation exactly! that is Zakynthos
@johnnyharris 4 жыл бұрын
whoops!!
@DarkUSS 4 жыл бұрын
That's definitely the Navagio beach in Greece.
@zandie12 4 жыл бұрын
"Johnny Harris is.... wrong? Johnny Harris got it wrong??!"
@thr0z3n 4 жыл бұрын
Was going to say. Bit of an oppsie there Johnny! :D
@BeyondYourDoorstep 4 жыл бұрын
YES! Been waiting for this video for *SIX MONTHS* since you did the video about Greenwich Britain being the center of the map!
@tony_mt24 3 жыл бұрын
Same here.. Patience is a virtue!
@bradbrown2168 2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding presentation!
@spirosvelos 2 жыл бұрын
This is a very interesting video that explans a lot on how the time zones work. Minute 6:33, the image of the "beautiful" island in the middle of the pacific, is actualy a picture of Zakynthos and is a Greek island in... Mediterranean...about 12 time zones apart. But again very interesting video!
@ObolO00 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know how many people worked on this, but this is A grade national TV quality! Great job!
@Irudayarj 4 жыл бұрын
It's really amazing to see how, such complicated stuff can be made super fun to learn, with the help of animation and with the aid of a great teacher. It's incredible that you were able to condense it, to less than 20 mins. Thanks, appreciate the effort.
@vikramtandon3866 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video and analysis!
@BarraIhsan 2 жыл бұрын
Finally, I was always confuse that thing in the map
@NorthOCkook 4 жыл бұрын
The “notch” looks like a bodybuilder flexing his bicep
@simonherzberger9638 4 жыл бұрын
I always thought it looks like a hammer
@SwiftCreationStudio 3 жыл бұрын
_Not at all what I was thinking._
@-Keyboard-Warrior. 3 жыл бұрын
That's a Tap... Which supplies water to Pacific ocean
@sicboi 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who used to be in the same work area as PacIOOS, their mapping of the International Date Line is the correct one, so your pick is correct 🙂👍
@neeharikanair846 2 жыл бұрын
The video was so damn cool !!! Thank you for your hardwork
@TransportGeekery 8 ай бұрын
Amazing visual explanation 👏
@akiraamamiya8483 3 жыл бұрын
"Nature isn't good at straight lines" Proceeds to explain that it's in fact not natural but politics based because they basically zigzagged around parts of countries to make sure the country stays in one piece....
@nurphurecarnium 3 жыл бұрын
Nah.. still nature
@bskcj1149 3 жыл бұрын
Big F technically humans are naturally made meaning politics are natural so you are right
@poolofstuff 3 жыл бұрын
@@bskcj1149 Which means the word "nature" is completely arbitrary and useless, because everything in existence is natural and is a result and a part of the universe. The true distinction should technically be "human-made" vs "non-human-made".
@SwaggerJ 3 жыл бұрын
I think his point is that if you look at the borders and shapes created by nature, you'd be hard pressed to find straight lines of any sort. But we try to divide the globe into straight-line slices to define time. The International Date Line makes it evident that those 2 things are sort of at odds with each other.
@kermit5091 3 жыл бұрын
I think he's talking about the actual countries as in the physical land mass - like Russia and Alaska aren't square-shaped etc so the line's gotta zigzag between them
@blueblazerable 3 жыл бұрын
I have this weird obsession with geography and history and this kind of video really makes me alive. Thank you Hartis for existing!!! Very informative video. You deserve even more subscribers!
@aaronocalli096 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely spot on I learned something new today
@reyaku4272 2 жыл бұрын
Another great, meticulously researched video.
@BPed 4 жыл бұрын
“At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter.” At the end of which day, Johnny??
@MrSorbias 4 жыл бұрын
Yesterday
@flora.lennihan 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing editing Johnny! Could you make a video about your editing workflow and how to stay organized when tackling a project? Thanks!
@MatthewStinar 4 жыл бұрын
I think he sells a course.
@ashrafkhaleelibrahim3340 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for the great information
@puneetkalia8086 8 ай бұрын
Very informative piece of information.. I was teaching my 6th standard boy and your explanation made it really easy for us both to understand!!! keep up the good work buddy....