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Index of Subjects --000000000000a1b70b059c937410 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a few weeks you may hear territorial =E2=80=9Ccheeeeseburger=E2=80=9D fr= om the BCCH. Also consider we have picked roughly 20 minutes of daylight since the solstice? Maybe not the beginning of the end; but surely the end of the beginning? (Ty mr Churchill) ;-) On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 9:12 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 date= s. > > 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 > > > > -- Jamie Simpson Halifax, NS --000000000000a1b70b059c937410 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">In a few weeks you may h= ear territorial =E2=80=9Ccheeeeseburger=E2=80=9D from the BCCH.</div><div d= ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Also consider we have picked roughl= y 20 minutes of daylight since the solstice? =C2=A0</div></div><div dir=3D"= auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Maybe not the beginning of the end; but s= urely the end of the beginning? =C2=A0(Ty mr Churchill) ;-)</div><div dir= =3D"auto"><br></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" cl= ass=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 9:12 AM Peter Payzant <<a hre= f=3D"mailto:peter@payzant.net">peter@payzant.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><b= lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px = #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">If we take the time of the autumn solstice as = marking the 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></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" = data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><= div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Halifax, NS<br></div></div></div></div> --000000000000a1b70b059c937410--
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