For over a century world time has been measured by the distance from a central point - and this has been known as " Greenwich Mean Time " (GMT ).
Time reliability is the cornerstone of world trade. Without it, commerce in all it's forms, plus travel would be thrown into confusion - and now that is about to happen.
The Islamic world has built a clock tower in Mecca and is promoting this as the new world time standard to challenge GMT - and this introduces a religious element. It is likely that some Islamic countries may set their clocks on Mecca time, creating confusion in airline schedules and making general communications almost impossible.
If common sense does not prevail we are likely to go back centuries - to when a variety of different calendars were in use - and still are in some backward countries.
Unfortunately the obsession with religion will play a big part in the decision as to which time system will prevail - and as we have seen in so many world events - religion and common sense are not compatible bed mates !
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