• tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz
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    5 months ago

    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.

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      5 months ago

      Similarly, this holds for the BeNeLux countries. NED: GMT +0:19:32 / +0:20 since 1937, BEL and LUX used GMT since 1918

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      Germany changed it in occupied territories to simplify administration.

      For some reason it never changed back despite being out of natural sync.