Shabbat is when now?

[cellio]

I had not previously heard that Samoa is moving across the international date line this week, meaning that they will go from 11:59PM Thursday to 12:00AM Saturday, skipping Friday. This raises an interesting question for any Jews living there -- when is Shabbat?

According to one answer there, now it'll be Sunday -- we count days, not secular designations.

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Comments

[dvarin.livejournal.com]

Hm, simple day-counting (ignoring all date lines) would also seem to present problems for any Jew who circumnavigates the globe.

...which I seem to recall you talked about at some point, but likely I misremember.