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European timezones are wild (i.imgur.com)
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So much politics going on in this map.

The eternal UK ๐Ÿค Portugal alliance and the awkward space it creates between them.

Spain and Poland are in the same timezones.

The weird corridor created by Belarus.

Ukraine is in a separate tz from Russia, I wonder when that was established

What the hell is going on with the light blue in the east?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When time comes up, everybody seems to forget that working hours can just change too. Why ruin the whole organisation of timezones by being in summer time randomly if you can be in regular time and just shift the working hours if you have a problem with it?

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

That's wishful thinking. Offices/shops/etc. will be open 8-6pm and that's just the way they're going to operate, because that's what's in the work contracts, insurance contracts, etc. It's fixed in stone.

However we do have a very powerful tool to shift the working hours for everyone: move the damn clocks one hour. Why is it such a catastrophe that the sun would be at its zenith at 1pm?