Madrid - 25 Mar UTC. Copy link. A poll showed that most Spaniards would prefer Daylight Saving Time all year round. Is Spain in the wrong time zone? The clocks go back this weekend, but could it be one of the last times? Is it the time to reset our watches? Licenciatura en Comercio y Negocios Internacionales. Spain shares the same time zone as France, Germany and Italy, yet this is due to a historic twist of fate which might soon be reversed. Looking at a map it would seem that it should in fact — based on geographical position — move to the same tempo as the United Kingdom rather than its neighbours.
Like many other countries, Spain used to base itself around mean solar time — calculated based on the angle of the sun in the sky — until it made the change to Greenwich Mean Time GMT on December 31st From then onwards time was standardised in all parts of Spain with the exception of the Canary Islands which retained solar time until Before then, the time could be different from one corner of Spain to the other, based on their relative locations.
The country also adopted Daylight Saving Time in , although it was not observed every year. It even became a political issue during the Spanish Civil War when, depending on who controlled the territory, clocks were changed on different dates.
On March 16th , the clocks jumped from h to h to display the same time as Nazi Germany and other Nazi-occupied countries such as France and the Netherlands. Examples of this would be the Port trade and the spice trade this one having little to do with GB, rather more to do with the Portuguese naval empire. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.
Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. How should we recognize our anniversary? Visit chat. Related Hot Network Questions. They have built a culture and a reputation around their ungodly hours. And I hardly doubt they will change their lifestyle, and the tourism it generates, because of a technicality.
Javier Brias, Madrid. I am a Spaniard living in Catalonia, but my mother was born in the Canary Islands. In the Canary Islands the time zone is the same as in London or Lisbon, but despite that we cannot say there is a significant difference in the productivity, absenteeism or stress of Canary Islanders in comparison with people on the peninsula. I don't think a change in our time zone would make a difference in our lives or our productivity rates.
We live according to the sun, not the clock. Lola Hidalgo Calle, Seville.
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