[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I celebrate it on whichever day the parade and fireworks are held. Which is usually a weekend, no matter what the actual date happens to be.

So do most people. However, that's really the point. I was pointing out a little tidbit of trivia. A "yup Sept. 2 is the official day the Japanese signed their surrender, and we celebrate it then. But DID YOU KNOW...that the date of the actual surrender was August 14?"

And instead of saying "well how about that, interesting!" someone decided it was worth arguing about.

The link in the original post stated that both days are called VJ Day.

The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made – 15 August 1945, in Japan, and because of time zone differences, 14 August 1945 (when it was announced in the United States and the rest of the Americas and Eastern Pacific Islands) – as well as to 2 September 1945, when the surrender document was signed, officially ending World War II.