Construction is nearing completion on an immense Saudi Arabian version of Big Ben. The enormous clock will be situated in a tower 607 metres tall and it is hoped by the builders that it will convince the rest of the world to switch from using Greenwich, England as the Prime Meridian to using Mecca instead.
Mecca timepiece aims to punch GMT's clock
Somehow I think getting the nations using GMT as the basis for their time zone are going to be difficult to convince. After all, we still can't get Saskatachewan to use Daylight Savings Time.
Mecca timepiece aims to punch GMT's clock
Somehow I think getting the nations using GMT as the basis for their time zone are going to be difficult to convince. After all, we still can't get Saskatachewan to use Daylight Savings Time.