Spain is thinking of jumping into another time zone to revive its economy. Sounds radical right? Except it has been done before. This strategy was first pursued by Samoa back in 2011 to align its work week more closely to its Pacific neighbors. Spain might be doing the same time according to a proposal being kicked around since September.

According to the New York Times, it is considering "turning back the clocks an hour, which would move Spain out of the time zone that includes France, Germany and Italy. It would join its natural geographical slot with Portugal and Britain in Coordinated Universal Time, the modern successor to Greenwich Mean Time.

Spain had originally been west of the International Date Line, but jumped eastward to time itself with the U.S. work week, before moving it back west again in 2011.

From the New York Times: "The national schedule can be traced to World War II, when the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco moved the clocks forward to align with Nazi Germany, as also happened in neighboring Portugal. After the defeat of Hitler, Portugal returned to Greenwich Mean Time, but Spain did not."

The proposal isn't a plan, and it is certainly drawing a lot of attention. Would this work for them if they do it? [New York Times, Gawker]