Editing History of Samoa (section)

==Calendar usage in Samoa==
As European traders began commercial (and later domination) activities in the Samoan Islands, they imposed their [[Gregorian calendar|datekeeping system]] on their transactions. Thus by the 19th century, Samoan calendars were aligned with those of the other Asiatic countries to the west and south. However, in 1892, American traders convinced the king to alter the country's dating system to align with the United States; thus the country lived through 4 July 1892, twice. But 119 years later, the economic geography of the island had changed, and most business was being done with Australia and New Zealand. To make the jump back to the Asian date Samoa and Tokelau skipped 30 December 2011.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2016/02/03/in_1844_the_philippines_skipped_a_day_and_it_took_decades_for_the_rest_of.html] slate.com, ''The Philippines Skipped A Day''</ref>