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Well, another example is Spain that is at +1 purely for convenience, to get western europe under single timezone, rather than the +0 that their geography sugges
by zokier 3y ago
Well, another example is Spain that is at +1 purely for convenience, to get western europe under single timezone, rather than the +0 that their geography suggests.
- acatton 3y agoSpain is not UTC+1 purely out of convenience. It's because of history https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/11/30/244995264/spains-been-in-the-wrong-time-zone-for-seven-decades https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/11/30/244995264/... > So on Oct. 23, 1940, Hitler took a train to the Spanish border to woo Spain's Fascist dictator, Francisco Franco. > But Spain was in ruins from its own Civil War in the late 1930s, and Franco didn't have much to offer. He stayed neutral, but switched Spain's clocks ahead one hour, to be in line with Nazi Germany. > Ever since, even though Spain is geographically in line with Britain, Portugal and Morocco — its clocks are on the same time zone as countries as far east as Poland and Hungary. And the country/politicians are thinking about going back to UTC+0 due to all the problems UTC+1 poses due to geography.
- petesergeant 3y ago> to get western europe under single timezone Western Europe is not under a single timezone, though: the UK, Ireland, and Portugal are not on CET/CEST.
- adolph 3y agoUnder some circumstances "to get" describes an intent for a result rather than an obtained result.