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Re:How long is your child's lunch break? In France they get ... by throw0101d on Thursday March 14, 2024 @09:27AM (#39703712)
Speaking of Spain, how much of this is (partly?) because of how messed up time is there:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Spain

It's in the same time zone, CET/UTC+1, as Germany (which is east of 0˚) even though Spain is west of 0˚.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Spain#Criticism_of_the...

(See also France, which is mostly centred on 0˚, so probably 'should' be in UTC+0, but is in UTC+1—presumably to also be in sync with Germany.)

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Re:How long is your child's lunch break? In France they get ... by seszett on Thursday March 14, 2024 @09:40AM (#39703868)
> presumably to also be in sync with Germany

Yes, it was changed by Germany while they were occupying France during World War 2.

Most people are happy with it now though, and during the recent talks about whether to keep summer time or not in Europe, it appeared the opinion in France was mostly to stay on summer time year-round, so UTC+2. Which means more darkness in the mornings during winter, but keeping long evenings in summer and improving a bit the short evenings of winter.

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Re:How long is your child's lunch break? In France they get ... by thaumasiotes on Thursday March 14, 2024 @09:30AM (#39703746)
> Speaking of Spain, how much of this is (partly?) because of how messed up time is there

None of it, obviously. It's an adaptation to the weather. The weather doesn't change if you give different labels to different parts of the day.

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