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Index of Subjects --0000000000007897ee059c9306b7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Winter 1/3 over--- I'll happily accept that. On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:12 AM Peter Payzant <peter@payzant.net> wrote: > If we take the time of the autumn solstice as marking the start of > Winter, and the time of the spring equinox as marking the end of Winter, > a few minutes on a spreadsheet can yield some pointless but cheering dates. > > The autumn solstice last year was December the 22nd at 04:19 (UTC). > The spring equinox this year will be on March 20 at 03:50 (UTC). > > From these we can calculate that winter (defined this way) will be > almost exactly 89 days long this year. We also get > > Winter 1/3 over: January 20 at 2009 UTC, or 4:09 pm AST. > > Winter 1/2 over: February 4 at 1604 UTC, or 12:04 pm AST > > Winter 2/3 over: February 19 at 1034 UTC, 6:34 am AST > > Anyway, some time this afternoon, winter will be 1/3 over. > > --- Peter Payzant > > > > --0000000000007897ee059c9306b7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Winter 1/3 over--- I'll happily accept that.</div><br>= <div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Ja= n 20, 2020 at 10:12 AM Peter Payzant <<a href=3D"mailto:peter@payzant.ne= t">peter@payzant.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo= te" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204= );padding-left:1ex">If we take the time of the autumn solstice as marking t= he start of <br> Winter, and the time of the spring equinox as marking the end of Winter, <b= r> a few minutes on a spreadsheet can yield some pointless but cheering dates.= <br> <br> The autumn solstice last year was December the 22nd at 04:19 (UTC).<br> The spring equinox this year will be on March 20 at 03:50 (UTC).<br> <br> =C2=A0From these we can calculate that winter (defined this way) will be <b= r> almost exactly 89 days long this year. We also get<br> <br> Winter 1/3 over: January 20 at 2009 UTC, or 4:09 pm AST.<br> <br> Winter 1/2 over: February 4 at 1604 UTC, or 12:04 pm AST<br> <br> Winter 2/3 over: February 19 at 1034 UTC, 6:34 am AST<br> <br> Anyway, some time this afternoon, winter will be 1/3 over.<br> <br> --- Peter Payzant<br> <br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div> --0000000000007897ee059c9306b7--
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