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No there are several timezones in Europe, if some countries are in the same timezone it's because Europe is not that big, geographically. Spain was not invaded
by aphroz 6y ago
No there are several timezones in Europe, if some countries are in the same timezone it's because Europe is not that big, geographically. Spain was not invaded by Germany and their nightlife probably starts at midnight because they have a nap in the afternoon.
- philwelch 6y agoSpain switched to CET in 1940, supposedly in an attempt by the Franco regime to curry favor with Germany. It was France, the Netherlands, and a few other countries that switched due to German occupation (France used to be on GMT as they also straddle the Prime Meridian). The UK, Ireland, and European countries east of the CET-zone are on different time zones, of course, but CET stretches from Serbia to Spain. That’s not as far as Shanghai to Tibet, but it’s still at least a couple solar hours.
- aphroz 6y agoYou are right, but the CET is as wide as EST according to this map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/World_Time_Zones_Map.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/World_Ti...
- philwelch 6y agoIs it? I think there’s more difference in longitude between the western tip of Western Sahara and the eastern tip of the CAR than between the far ends of Quebec and Ontario. Going by population density CET is probably far more disruptive though. The vast majority of the population that lives in EST is, by longitude, between Detroit and Boston, which is a narrower band than between Madrid and Belgrade.
- jdmichal 6y agoThat's a terrible projection to be judging distances with...