The irony is that people still live according to solar time, no matter what the clock says. It’s most notable in Europe, where we use the same time zone from 9W all the way to 30E, or 2.5 solar time zones… but then breakfast, work, and dinner times across different countries, match the solar.
There was a nice graph with all the countries, that I can’t seem to find now, but let this one serve for illustrative purposes:
Good thing I have a passing understanding of Spanish and lived in Germany. I’d challenge you to find more than 20% of Americans who could grasp Alemania.
The irony is that people still live according to solar time, no matter what the clock says. It’s most notable in Europe, where we use the same time zone from 9W all the way to 30E, or 2.5 solar time zones… but then breakfast, work, and dinner times across different countries, match the solar.
There was a nice graph with all the countries, that I can’t seem to find now, but let this one serve for illustrative purposes:
Good thing I have a passing understanding of Spanish and lived in Germany. I’d challenge you to find more than 20% of Americans who could grasp Alemania.