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0 pointssimbolit2y ago0 comments

Ireland and Portugal already are together in this time zone, but the UK is with them, which makes good friday sense.

Map of Timezones: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/World_Ti...

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It would make sense to have Portgual and Ireland in the Western Europe time zone. They are right over the border from UTC but it makes sense to include them with neighbors. Especialy when they are currently in UTC. It is Spain and France that need to move.

madcaptenor2y ago

For what it's worth, Spain and France were on GMT (as it was back then) before World War II.

(Technically French law referred to the time as "Paris mean time, retarded by 9 minutes and 21 seconds" - they had thought the Prime Meridian ought to run through Paris rather than London and were sore about losing that.)

BigFnTelly2y ago

Poor Yukon, skipping 2 time zones

bobthepanda2y ago

Oh interesting.

Admittedly that map is a bit difficult to read as a colorblind person.

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