6/14/2023 0 Comments Time zones in usa![]() 3 ways to increase productivity, regardless of your time zone Another interesting example is in Chile– they use the time zone to the east of their designated standard time and adopt daylight saving time for an extended period each spring and summer in an effort to conserve energy. Russia, which recently reduced its time zones from eleven to nine has also recently settled the debate over standard versus daylight saving time by adopting permanent daylight saving time for all nine of its revised time zones. We eat lunch at 1:00pm and dinner at 8:00pm according to the sun, but the clock says it’s 3:00pm and 10:00pm,” says the commission. It’s widely known that little sleep correlates to lost productivity, absenteeism, stress and accidents and, in Spain, their “timetable is determined more by the sun than by the clock. The Spanish Government’s commission states that Spaniards “sleep almost an hour less than the World Health Organization recommends,” due to the fact that they should be in the same time zone as the UK and Portugal, and not in Central European Time as they currently are (a decision made by Franco in 1942). If you’re in Europe, it’s probable that you’ve heard of Spain’s attempt to change their time zone in order to increase productivity. Interestingly, a study conducted in Indiana from 1997 to 2006 found a clear correlation between the local time policy and student’s SAT scores, showing that students in Day Light Savings Time scored lower. Researchers also found that, while people in the Eastern timezone started work later than those in the Central, Easterners were more likely to work over lunch, this erasing possible productivity gaps. On the other hand, if you live in the Pacific time zone, you are 5% more likely to be awake at 7:00am than people in the Eastern zone (do early morning conference calls ring a bell?!). ![]() It may sound insignificant, but the difference is quite paramount– people in those regions are reported to be more productive. According to a study, people in the Central and Mountain time zones are 4% more likely to be awake at 7:00am and 3.5% more likely to be at work by 8:00am. If you live in the United States, your productivity could vary depending on the region in which you reside. It’s not even something you can necessarily control (unless you want to move!)– so how does your timezone affect your productivity? And what can you do about it? It’s something you probably don’t take into account when thinking of your daily tasks and how you’re going to manage them.
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