Blaze@reddthat.com to Map EnthusiastsEnglish · 7 months agoTimezone changes between 1923 and 2023files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down16
arrow-up1205arrow-down1imageTimezone changes between 1923 and 2023files.catbox.moeBlaze@reddthat.com to Map EnthusiastsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squaretallricefarmerlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·7 months agoFrance amd Spain being +1 is apparently a relic from the 40s when Germany occupied France and the Spanish government felt they needed to switch to appease Germany. It is kinda funny neither switched back.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-27 months agoSimilarly, this holds for the BeNeLux countries. NED: GMT +0:19:32 / +0:20 since 1937, BEL and LUX used GMT since 1918
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoGermany changed it in occupied territories to simplify administration. For some reason it never changed back despite being out of natural sync.
France amd Spain being +1 is apparently a relic from the 40s when Germany occupied France and the Spanish government felt they needed to switch to appease Germany. It is kinda funny neither switched back.
Similarly, this holds for the BeNeLux countries. NED: GMT +0:19:32 / +0:20 since 1937, BEL and LUX used GMT since 1918
Germany changed it in occupied territories to simplify administration.
For some reason it never changed back despite being out of natural sync.