Note that Joe Thorne is not on the time zone mailing list; be sure that Joe is included if you reply. --ado ---------- From: Joe Thorne[SMTP:jgthorne@concentric.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 12:49 PM To: ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: date line Hello! My name is Joe Thorne and I have a question about the international time date line. Is it true that it runs through no body of land or Pacific island? I'd like to sail to it for new years eve 1999. I heard on the CBC that some islands moved it to intersect their cities, is this true? Can they officially do that? You see, I'd like to be the first person there for this event. I'd be sailing a 16 foot boat from Minneapolis, down the Mississippi, around South America, to Easter Island and then to Western Samoa before intercepting the date line. Could you help me answer this question? Sincerely Joe Thorne email: jgthorne@concentric.net