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Samoa to Skip Friday and Switch Time Zones

Samoa Time Change

The Pacific island nation of Samoa and its even tinier neighbor Tokelau are skipping Friday this week, jumping westward in time across the international date line and into the shifting economic balance of the 21st century.

 

Clock this: UK may consider time zone switch

Clock this: UK may consider time zone switch

Britain's government may reconsider long-touted proposals for the U.K. to switch to Central European Time, a move which advocates insisted Saturday would bring lighter evenings and possibly offer the country's sluggish economy a boost.

Senh: Switching time zones can improve the economy?

 

Russia eliminates 2 time zones

The world's largest country by land mass is challenging time: This weekend, Russia is cutting the number of its time zones from 11 to 9.

 

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