Hey, check out this site Ian: http://home.iprimus.com.au/foo7/equinox.html
It has a solstice calculator! They must be using some sort of formula...... On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G Money wrote: > > There isn't a formula, by any chance, that you could use is there? I > mean, > > are these "predictable" events that you could just plug the year into > and > > figure out the solstices...? > I don't know. I suspect there probably is some kind of formula, but > that is my not be simple and straight forward. I've learned when > dealing with dates and calenders precision becomes complex and difficult > very quickly. > > This is for a web site that wants to it's look and feel change on the > seasons. I figured if it was easy to get the precise dates and times of > the change from one season to the next, I would us them. In reality > users are not going to notice if the date of spring is off by a few > hours. But as I said before, the geek in me likes to be precise when > precision can be had at a reasonable cost. > > I could easily use the table of data for the next 12 years or so, I > suspect the Internet will be slightly different by the end of 2020 and I > can revisit this requirement then if the web site is still a going > concern :-). > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255033 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
