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Why is the UK not in the same time zone as France?
The sunset hour is a time trick Well, France is in a time zone that’s one hour ahead of the UK but geographically it’s slightly to the east, meaning the sunset actually reaches Paris before it reaches London, even though it exists in a time that’s later than the UK, so it’s already later when the sun sets.
Why does France use CET?
Today, most of the European part of France uses a time zone that does not adequately reflect the solar time on its longitude. CET is based on solar time at 15° eastern longitude, which runs along the border between Germany and Poland.
Why is Spain on the wrong time zone?
In 1942, Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco moved Spain’s clocks forward in line solidarity with Nazi Germany, which had provided Franco vital support during the Spanish Civil War. The country never changed back the clocks, resulting in it being technically in the wrong time zone for over 70 years.
Why is Spain 1 hour ahead UK?
Later, Franco moved Spain’s clocks ahead an hour to be aligned with Nazi Germany. It was 1940 and World War II was raging. Nazi Germany occupied Norway, Holland, Belgium, then France. He stayed neutral, but switched Spain’s clocks ahead one hour, to be in line with Nazi Germany.
Will the UK keep GMT?
British Summer time (BST) is kept an hour head of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, all changes taking place at 01.00 GMT. Keeping to GMT all year round meant that there is still daylight in the summer between 4am till 7pm GMT.
Is Spain in GMT?
Spain mainly uses Central European Time (GMT+01:00) and Central European Summer Time (GMT+02:00) in Peninsular Spain, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta, Melilla and plazas de soberanía.
Why does France follow the GMT instead of the DST?
France used to follow the GMT, until during the World War II when Germany occupied the Northern France and switched that particular region’s time to the German time which was GMT+2 hours. At this moment Germany was observing summer time (DST), hence it was GMT+2 hours
Should Spain go back to GMT time zone?
Some claim that living on the same time zone as Germany leaves Spain ‘out of sync’, possibly even leading to unhealthy lifestyles with late nights being the norm even for children. Perhaps all this is about to change, as in 2016 the Prime Minister of Spain announced plans to return Spain to GMT.
How will Spain’s New time zone change affect business?
Aside from restoring the country to its original time zone, this move may help Spain do business with other European countries by aligning its working hours more closely with those of its neighbours.
What is the difference between France and Spain’s time zones?
So, France (1 time zone) and Spain (2 time zones) are GMT+1 hour, and GMT+2 hours during the summer months (DST) Even being nearby the GMT, France and Spain (red regions are GMT+1 hour, taken from Wikipedia) are ahead of UK (blue ones are GMT+0)