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points by jefftk 21 hours ago | 0 comments
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...

[–] Svip 21 hours ago
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).
[–] jefftk 20 hours ago
Whether we call it "permanent summer time" or "aligning with the political region to the east" it's the same thing: late sunrise, late sunset.

(Spain is effectively using single-double DST, based on the delta from solar)