[NatureNS] why aren't the days getting longer

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:42:37 -0800
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According to an editorial in the Vancouver Sun newspaper for Sat., Dec. =
20/14:

Compared with Dec. 21=92s shortest-day-length, Dec. 22 is 2 seconds =
longer, Dec. 23 is 8 seconds longer, Dec. 24 is 13 seconds longer, Dec. =
25 it=92s 19 more seconds, and so on (but no further data given).

Merry Xmas from Jim & Pat in Victoria, B.C. at the moment.

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> From: "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] why aren't the days getting longer
> Date: December 23, 2014 at 10:10:26 AM PST
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>=20
> Or as my Grandmother used to say Jamie
> The difference in the length of day between the shortest day
> and Old Christmas was the time it took a rooster to take a step.
> Not a long time!
> Enjoy the snow
> Paul
> =20
>> On December 23, 2014 at 8:35 AM desolatechair =
<desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote:=20
>>=20
>> Andy
>> =20
>> There is some rounding at play, but basically sunrise keeps getting =
later until around the 25th.  The earliest sunset is around the 17th, =
and after the 21st it starts getting later but the incremental change is =
not enough to make up for what we continue to lose in the morning.  =
Takes about a week after the solstice to start making a net gain.
>> =20
>> Regards
>> Jamie
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent from Samsung Mobile
>>=20
>>=20
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan <slickdog1@gmail.com>
>> Date:12-23-2014 8:09 AM (GMT-04:00)
>> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Subject: [NatureNS] why aren't the days getting longer
>> =20
>> According to the environment canada weather page, we actually got 1=20=

>> minute less sunlight today than yesterday.  I understand about solar=20=

>> noon (I think), so I'm not really expecting sunrise to be earlier =
each=20
>> day...but the total hours of sunlight should be increasing, not=20
>> decreasing, after the solstice, I thought.  What up with that?  Is it=20=

>> perhaps some rounding issue with the Environment Canada calculator?  =
I=20
>> get the same result (less sunlight time, when I go to the NOAA solar=20=

>> Calculator)=20
>> Thanks.=20
>> Andy=20
>> (who's always dealing with the big issues in life)=20
>>=20
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charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;">According to an editorial in the Vancouver Sun =
newspaper for Sat., Dec. 20/14:<div><br></div><div>Compared with Dec. =
21=92s shortest-day-length, Dec. 22 is 2 seconds longer, Dec. 23 is 8 =
seconds longer, Dec. 24 is 13 seconds longer, Dec. 25 it=92s 19 more =
seconds, and so on (but no further data =
given).</div><div><br></div><div>Merry Xmas from Jim &amp; Pat in =
Victoria, B.C. at the moment.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded =
message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
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   Or as my Grandmother used to say Jamie
  </div>=20
  <div>
   The difference in the length of day between the shortest day
  </div>=20
  <div>
   and Old Christmas was the time it took a rooster to take a step.
  </div>=20
  <div>
   Not a long time!
  </div>=20
  <div>
   Enjoy the snow
  </div>=20
  <div>
   Paul
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   &nbsp;
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solid; position: relative;" type=3D"cite">
   On December 23, 2014 at 8:35 AM desolatechair &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:
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   <br>=20
   <div>
    Andy
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   <div>
    There is some rounding at play, but basically sunrise keeps getting =
later until around the 25th. &nbsp;The earliest sunset is around the =
17th, and after the 21st it starts getting later but the incremental =
change is not enough to make up for what we continue to lose in th