Good idea, thank you. I have now added this to the display.- Bill In a message dated 8/30/2003 5:44:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> One thing that would be nice (I know, everybody is asking things of you..) > is some feedback on the date input. > (So that, when I input "08/03/2003", somewhere in the output it will say " > August 3, 2003") > > The reason is, that when I try it today, using 08/30/2003, the program will > work correctly for today - of course! -, but when I accidentally use > 30/08/2003, it will _also_ work correctly for today. > > This sometimes mixes me up, especially when the day number is below 13, and > I never know if the program turned the day and month around this time, or > not. Having the input date in the output would confirm the entry. > > The same goes for your other execellent tool, the sundial align program. > > > > Using the vertical string method, an east > > west line is much easier to mark than a north south one, because the sun > is > > lower and so the shadow stays sharp over a longer length. > > In these parts, the sun does not go very high at noon, less than 40 degrees > now (only 14 in winter, poor us). The distance between the top of the string > and its shadow is then not very much longer than in the evening (or morning) > for the same shadow length. > But of course, with higher noon sun, you are no doubt correct. > > Regards > Rudolf Hooijenga > 52°30'N ; 4°40'E > -
