International Date Line

imaginary line that demarcates the change of one calendar day to the next
Place border Q131389
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International Date Line

Summary

International Date Line is a border[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of border entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,130 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Date Line is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].
  • International Date Line is in the country of Kiribati[4].
  • International Date Line is in the country of Russia[5].
  • International Date Line is in the country of United States[6].
  • International Date Line's instance of is recorded as border[7].
  • International Date Line's locator map image is recorded as International Date Line.png[8].
  • International Date Line's Commons category is recorded as International Date Line[9].
  • International Date Line's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Helperofhumanity-আন্তর্জাতিক তারিখ রেখা.wav[10].
  • International Date Line's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 0, 'lon': -180}[11].
  • International Date Line's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01v5_z[12].
  • International Date Line's PSH ID is recorded as 365[13].
  • International Date Line's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • International Date Line's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/International-Date-Line[15].
  • International Date Line's Quora topic ID is recorded as International-Date-Line[16].
  • International Date Line's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as aarde-weer-en-klimaat/datumgrens[17].
  • International Date Line's Jewish Encyclopedia Daat ID is recorded as 3731[18].
  • International Date Line's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as datogrense[19].
  • International Date Line's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i82172[20].
  • International Date Line's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 66489765[21].
  • International Date Line's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/15417[22].
  • International Date Line's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 08617348-n[23].
  • International Date Line's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 날짜변경선[24].
  • International Date Line's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=113498[25].
  • International Date Line's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 183353[26].
  • International Date Line's WikiKids ID is recorded as Internationale_datumgrens[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Kiribati[4], a sovereign state[28], in Kiribati[29], founded in 1979[30]; Russia[5], a sovereign state[31], in Russia[32], founded in 1991[33]; and United States[6], a sovereign state[34], in United States[35], founded in 1776[36]. International Date Line is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].

Designation and Status

International Date Line's instance of is recorded as border[7].

Why It Matters

International Date Line ranks in the top 2% of border entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,130 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). International Date Line. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/international-date-line
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  1. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Antarctic Treaty area
    Coordinate location {'lat': 0, 'lon': -180}
    Coordinates
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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