Time in Spain

In both territories, Daylight saving time is observed during summer months, meaning that mainland Spain uses CEST (UTC+02:00), whilst the Canary Islands uses WEST (UTC+01:00) between March and October.

This can negatively affect people's sleep schedules, meals and daily activities due to the unnatural timezone.

The royal decree was sanctioned by María Cristina on 26 July 1900 in San Sebastián, the place where she resided during summer.

[5] Several western European countries, including France, Belgium, and the Netherlands stayed on German time after the war in addition to Spain.

[8] They believe that the relatively late sunrises and sunsets shift the average Spaniard's day later than it otherwise would be, and that a return to its original time zone would help boost productivity and bring family and work rhythms into better balance.

The proposals are aimed at improving Spanish labour productivity as well as better adjusting schedules to family and work life.

Spain has borders with four countries: Portugal, France, Andorra, and Morocco; as well as with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.