The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> skipped this date in order to align the country with the rest of Asia, as the trading interest switched to China, Dutch East Indies and neighboring territories after Mexico gained independence from Spain on 27<span id="mwlg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>September 1821. In the islands, Monday, 30<span id="mwlw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>December 1844 was immediately followed by Wednesday, 1<span id="mwmA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>January 1845.<sup about="#mwt58" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_31#cite_note-9" id="mwmQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwmg">[9]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt62" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_31#cite_note-10" id="mwmw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwnA">[10]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"><cite about="#mwt55" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFLaskow2015">Laskow, Sarah (December 30, 2015). <a class="external text" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1844-the-philippines-skipped-a-day-and-it-took-decades-for-the-rest-of-the-world-to-notice" id="mwB58" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"In 1844, the Philippines Skipped a Day, And It Took Decades for the Rest of the World to Notice"</a>. Atlas Obscura<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB6A">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB6E">2023-04-19</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt55" class="Z3988" id="mwB6I" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=In+1844%2C+the+Philippines+Skipped+a+Day%2C+And+It+Took+Decades+for+the+Rest+of+the+World+to+Notice&amp;rft.pub=Atlas+Obscura&amp;rft.date=2015-12-30&amp;rft.aulast=Laskow&amp;rft.aufirst=Sarah&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlasobscura.com%2Farticles%2Fin-1844-the-philippines-skipped-a-day-and-it-took-decades-for-the-rest-of-the-world-to-notice&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+31"></span></span>