Nightly News | December 28, 2011
Samoa to make Dec. 30 disappear
Just this once, Samoa is making Dec. 30 disappear. It's the key step in the Pacific island nation's plan to move from the eastern to the western side of the International Date Line and mesh its work week with two of its primary trading partners, New Zealand and Australia. NBC’s Lester Holt reports.
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>>> try to follow us here. friday, this friday, december 30th , will not happen this year in the tiny pacific island nation of somoa. they're canceling friday and dropping it from the calendar this once because it has decided to move from the eastern to the western side of the international date line and needs to sync up with new zealand and aus trail ya where today is already tomorrow.