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jefftk • today at 10:11 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Many places are permanently ahead by at least an hour, including Spain, western China (+2), and Argentina.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone#/media/File:Solar_ti...


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Svip • today at 10:15 AM

In China it's due to the state wanting all of China to be at Beijing time, and for Beijing, it is standard time. As for Spain, Franco switching to German time, because he liked Hitler, and Spain never switched back. Besides, Spain observes DST like the rest of the EU. Argentina is however an example of a country that switched to permanent summer time and sticking with it (since 2009).

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