Whoever crosses the border in Elvas or in Valencia has to hit the clock. On the Portuguese side it is 10:00, on the Spanish side it is already 11:00, although the sun is exactly the same place in the sky. The difference is not geographical: it is a political choice. Continental Portugal follows the time of Greenwich, the reference of the meridian [...]
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Whoever crosses the border in Elvas or in Valencia has to hit the clock. On the Portuguese side it is 10:00, on the Spanish side it is already 11:00, although the sun is exactly the same place in the sky. The difference is not geographical: it is a political choice. Continental Portugal follows the time of Greenwich, the reference of the meridian [...]