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Timezone changes between 1923 and 2023 (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Germany changed it in occupied territories to simplify administration.

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