Spain is all in a single time zone, that of Germany which is further east, due to Franco wanting to appear in solidarity with Hitler. The result is the late sunrises and sunsets we have observed. More evidence that politics trumping science and sense is not a new thing. Vaguely of like the famous Indiana Pi Bill, where pi was effectively set to 3.2 instead of the more inconvenient but correct infinite sequence 3.1415926.... The bill was defeated due to the intervention of a math professor who happened to be in the legislature that day.
Spain is now considering finally rectifying this.
China is even more bizarre, being all in one time zone, in spite of spanning up to 5 hours of earth's solar day.
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