Re: OT: Time zone question

2008/5/27 Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>:
>
> Why the heck is Spain an hour east of Greenwich timezone-wise when
> most of the country is geographically in the west?
>
> Given the history between England and France, and their tussle over
> who got to define the Prime Meridian, I can understand the French
> wanting to be different out of sheer spite.  Something similar with
> Spain?
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
This all has to do with Napoleon unifying the time in the area he
commanded, ever since, these countries have been using the same time.
Belgium and the Netherlands suffer from the same (being closer to GMT
while using CET)

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