The Philippines began in sync with Asian dates by redrawing the International Date Line through skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. Ordered by Governor–General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narciso_Clavería_y_Zaldúa" id="mwASg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa">Narciso Claveria</a> reforming the country calendar to align with the rest of Asia. It's territory was one day behind for 323 years since the arrival of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ferdinand Magellan">Ferdinand Magellan</a> in the Philippines on March 16, 1521.<sup about="#mwt190" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-36"}}' id="cite_ref-36" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_1#cite_note-36" id="mwASo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 36;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASs">[36]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-36"><cite about="#mwt187" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFIchimura2021">Ichimura, Anri (February 17, 2021). <a class="external text" href="https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/philippines-international-date-line-time-a00304-20210217-lfrm" id="mwDfg" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"For Over 300 Years, the Philippines Was One Day Behind Every Country in Asia"</a>. EsquireMag.ph. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230301123820/https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/philippines-international-date-line-time-a00304-20210217-lfrm" id="mwDfk" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on March 1, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwDfo">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwDfs">March 1,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt187" class="Z3988" id="mwDfw" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=For+Over+300+Years%2C+the+Philippines+Was+One+Day+Behind+Every+Country+in+Asia&amp;rft.pub=EsquireMag.ph&amp;rft.date=2021-02-17&amp;rft.aulast=Ichimura&amp;rft.aufirst=Anri&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.esquiremag.ph%2Flong-reads%2Ffeatures%2Fphilippines-international-date-line-time-a00304-20210217-lfrm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+1"></span></span>