On Fareed Zakaria’s CNN program Global Public Square (GPS June 26,2011),Mr. Zakaria stated,“There’s much speculation about a lost decade for the United States economy. All Samoa had to do to rev up its economy is lose a day. I wish we had that option.”
Well,as a matter of fact we do have that option (Canada and the US). As my Website,www.newtimezones.com explains,we could greatly increase our productivity by significantly increasing the amount of time that office workers on the East and West coasts have to communicate during any eight hour period directly simply by reducing the number of time zones shared by our two countries by one zone. My Website explains the two basic ways that this could be done and the reasons why it should be done to restore our ailing economies. The simplest way would be to amalgamate the Mountain and Pacific Time zones While a more complicated means would be to delay each time zones from east to west by one half hour thus eliminating the Pacific Time Zone. Such a move would not cost the taxpayers anything and would do much to synchronize time across both Canada and the USA.
Change time zone,change day and change year all in one go. One small step for North America, one giant leap for Samoa.  Samoa changes time zone Tiny Samoa in the South Pacific is going to make the bold move of changing from the eastern half of the globe to the western half at midnight December 30th,2011. This will separate Samoa (population 182,265) from American Samoa and place it in the same time zone as New Zealand and Australia where it was before it changed to join the Americas since July 4th,1982. The reason given then was so that Samoa could enjoy increased commerce with the Americas ,whereas now the reason is to increase commerce with New Zealand and Australia by increasing the amount of time during the day that offices in the respective areas are open for business. Check out this brilliant BBC explanation of world time zones
Vancouver Canucks use science to overcome three hour time differential.Time zones do matter and especially when it comes to the 2010-11 NHL playoffs. This year’s Stanley cup final is being played out over a greater distance between competing cities than any in recent history with Boston and Vancouver spanning nearly 2500 miles (4000 kms) and three time zones. And so far it seems as if the Boston Bruins have had a tough time adjusting to the three hour time differential for both games which they played and lost against the Vancouver Canucks.  Bruins'Coach Claude Julien After the first game loss of 1-0,in his post game interview, Bruins coach Claude Julien said,“I thought for the first two periods,we played a pretty even game. Obviously in the third,we seemed to lack some energy and lost our legs. They [Vancouver] just seemed to come at us hard. They kind of took the game over in the third period. Found a way to win with a late goal.” Although Boston scored two goals in the second period of Game 2,the same affliction seemed to strike the Bruins again as they went down from a 2-1 lead at the end of the second period to a 3-2 loss in overtime. It is difficult to say which team is the most affected by the time differential. The jury is still out as to whether it is harder to adjust to time zone changes when travelling from east to west or from west to east. Suffice it to say,it depends largely on the person and how prepared both mentally and physically he or she may be for the time change. While there is no word on how Boston is handling the time zone change,the Vancouver Canucks have employed modern science to condition their team into preparing for a playoff with a team located three time zones to the east. They have employed the services of a sleep consultant,Fatigue Science which uses a system it developed to monitor the sleeping habits of athletes who travel great distances. Researchers then run the results through scheduling software and advise the Canucks on everything from travel and practice schedules to lifestyle choices “Simply put,lack of sleep impacts the performance of professional athletes by slowing player reactions times during games,often making the difference between winning and losing,” Fatigue Science said in a statement. “The Canucks have turned a 40-year history of the worst travel schedule in the National Hockey League into a competitive advantage.” NHL Boston and Vancouver fans affected by the three hour time differential in Stanley Cup playoffs. The Prize! The three hour time zone differential between the east and west coasts of North America was never made more apparent than to the fans watching the 2010-11 Stanley cup finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks. This year’s Stanley cup final is being played out over a greater distance than any in recent history with Vancouver and Boston spanning nearly 2500 miles (4000 kms) and three time zones with a significant impact on productive work losses. Some Vancouver fans say they’ve adjusted their work schedules, taking an extra hour off of work to get home in time for the games,all of which were set for 8:00 pm EDT and 5:00 PM PDT. But is this true also of Boston Bruin fans who are literally losing sleep over the playoffs? While in the west,it is still early in the evening when the games are finished,in the east it is approaching midnight by the time most fans get home from the games. A simple reduction of one time zone would remove the loss of an hour’s work for millions of hockey fans in the afternoons in the west and the mornings in the east,another example of how reducing our time zones by one zone would benefit the economy of both the US and Canada. | ||
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