西班牙奇葩用餐时间都是时区惹的祸_时事

西班牙奇葩用餐时间都是时区惹的祸

扫一眼地图，你就会知道西班牙坐落的经度与英国、葡萄牙和摩洛哥相同，因此应该采用格林尼治时间。然而，西班牙依照的是欧洲中部时间，与位于马德里东部2500多千米的塞尔维亚首都贝尔格莱德时间同步。

So why are Spaniards living behind their geographic time zone?

所以为什么西班牙人要按照落后于他们地理时区的时区生活呢？

In 1940, General Francisco Franco changed Spain’s time zone, moving the clocks one hour forward in solidarity with Nazi Germany.

1940年，弗朗西斯科•佛朗哥将军改变了西班牙的时区，将时间往前调了一小时，与纳粹德国保持一致。

For Spaniards, who at the time were utterly devastated by the Spanish Civil War, complaining about the change did not even cross their minds. They continued to eat at the same time, but because the clocks had changed, their 1pm lunches became 2pm lunches, and they were suddenly eating their 8pm dinners at 9pm.

那时西班牙人正因内战而苦不堪言，完全没心思去抱怨时间的更改。他们仍然在相同的时间点用餐，但因为记时的方式改变，他们午饭的时间也就由下午一点改为两点，以往晚上8点的晚餐时间也突然之间变成了9点。

After World War II ended, the clocks were never changed back. However, in 2016, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced that the government was working on a plan to implement a new workday schedule ending at 6pm as opposed to 8pm. One important element of the plan was evaluating the possibility of changing Spain’s time zone from CET to GMT – something that has sparked a heated discussion throughout the country.