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Re:Cuba is skipping its November 1, 2026 clock change and st... by atherton94027 on Thursday October 29, 2026 @06:44AM (#50287002)
This is a consequence of WW2, Spain and France moved to CET to align themselves with nazi germany. Portugal and the UK didn't.
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Re:Cuba is skipping its November 1, 2026 clock change and st... by mrweasel on Thursday October 29, 2026 @08:12AM (#50287723)
I knew about Spain doing it to align with Germany, but I had no idea that France used to be UTC.
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Re:Cuba is skipping its November 1, 2026 clock change and st... by atherton94027 on Thursday October 29, 2026 @09:47PM (#50298892)
Not to be pedant but that's GMT – UTC doesn't have daylight savings
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