Nangona iSpanish inokuthi ithathelwe ingqalelo njengokukhetha yitya isidlo sangokuhlwa njengoko ikloko isondela ezinzulwini zobusuku Umkhwa owahlukileyo unokuvela kwinto yokuba ilizwe liqhuba emva kweyure enye kunokuba kufanelekile.

Ngomnyaka we-1941, umphathi-mlawuli uFrancisco Franco wagqiba ekubeni ahambe zonke iwotshi eSpain ngaphambi kweyure enye umboniso wobumbano kunye noAdolf Hitler .

Nangona kunjalo inkqubo yokwetyisa yaseSpain ayitshintshanga ngeewotshi. Baqhubeka besitya eyabo 1 emva kwemini. isidlo sasemini-nangona ngoku yayiyintsimbi yesi-2. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba amaSpanish ethanda ukuthatha isidlo sasemini sokuzonwabisa (kunye nee-siestas), usuku lomsebenzi lwandiselwa malunga ne-8 ngokuhlwa, ukutyhala isidlo sangokuhlwa emva kweyure. Kwakungekade kubethe u-9 okanye u-10 ebusuku. ukuba abantu babekwazi ukulungiselela isidlo sangokuhlwa xa bebuya emsebenzini.

Kodwa nasemva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I, iSpain ayizange ibuyele eGreenwich Mean Time (GMT), apho ikhoyo. Usuku lonke luhlala iyure kamva.

Ngo-Epreli 2016, Inkulumbuso yaseSpain uMariano Rajoy uxele isicwangciso sokuphucula iimeko zabasebenzi kunye nokuphelisa usuku lomsebenzi ngentsimbi yesi-6. Eyona nto iphambili ekukwazini ukugqiba usuku kwangoko iya kuba kukubuyela kwi-GMT.

Urhulumente waseSpain unjalo kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuphunyezwa kwesi sicwangciso kweyoKwindla ngo-2018 , oko kunokuthetha ukuba ngeli xesha lonyaka ozayo iSiesta ende kunye nezidlo zangokuhlwa kakhulu zinokuphelelwa lixesha.