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It looks like about half of the countries in that little map are off of their natural time zone by at least as much as Spain. Including basically all of the for
by chasing 13y ago
It looks like about half of the countries in that little map are off of their natural time zone by at least as much as Spain. Including basically all of the former Soviet Union, except the Ukraine and Baltics. And Iceland. And, well, France, which mostly overlaps Spain time-zone-wise.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoIn Russia we also don't have daylight worth speaking of - most of the time of year. Nothing to synchronize to.
- Jacqued 13y agoIndeed, it seems like an incomplete explanation at the very least. France largely overlaps Spain in terms of [latitude] longitude, is in the same time zone, shares some of the traditions cited in the article (long lunch break, midddle-of-the-morning and middle-of-the-afternoon coffee breaks, dinner at 8pm), and has one of the highest productivities in the world, in line with the US, Japan or the UK (above if you count it per hour worked). So maybe they should look for an explanation somewhere else Edit : fixed latitude instead of longitude
- mynegation 13y agoYou most definitely meant "longitude", not "latitude", right?
- Jacqued 13y agoI did, you're right. Thanks for pointing that out !