<P> Some activists believe that the mismatch between Spain's clock time and solar time contributes to the country's unusual daily schedule . 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 . </P> <P> In September 2013 the subcommittee to study the Rationalisation of Hours, the Reconciliation of Personal, Family Life and Professional Life and Responsibility (subcomisión para el estudio de la Racionalización de Horarios, la Conciliación de la Vida Personal, Familiar y Laboral y la Corresponsabilidad) of the Congress of Deputies made a report to the government of Spain proposing, among other things, a return to Greenwich Mean Time . The subcommittee considered that this time zone change would have a favourable effect, allowing more time for family, training, personal life, leisure, and avoiding downtime during the workday . The proposals are aimed at improving Spanish labour productivity as well as better adjusting schedules to family and work life . The Spanish government will consider the proposal . </P> <P> In Galicia, the westernmost region of mainland Spain, the difference between the official local time and the mean solar time is about two and a half hours during summer time . There have been political pushes to change the official time so that, as in the rest of Spain and Portugal, it is one hour in advance of the zone standard time . This would involve switching to GMT and making the time similar to that in Portugal, with which it shares the same longitude . For example, in Vigo (located 35 time minutes west of Greenwich) during summer, it is noon at around 14: 40 and sunset is around 22: 15 local time, while in Menorca sunset is around 21: 20 . </P> <P> The IANA time zone database contains 3 zones for Spain . Columns marked with * are from the file zone. tab from the database . </P>

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