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Samoa will skip Friday this week

December 29, 2011

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A beach in Samoa, where clocks are set to go forward by a whole day.

Samoa is making Dec. 30 disappear, just this once.

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. The New Zealand territory of Tokelau is making the switch as well.

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