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See latitude and longitude.



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] Information: The international dote line [IDL] is the 180[degrees] meridian of longitude.
1884: An international conference voted overwhelmingly to adopt Greenwich as the universal meridian of longitude, from which standard times throughout the world are calculated - despite determined lobbying in favour of Paris by the French delegation.
Greenwich Mean Time, as the name suggests, is the right time for a country located on the 0i meridian of longitude.
 
 
 
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