Equinox Error in 'calendar'

Equinox Error in 'calendar'

[Kenneth Jacker]

[Ubuntu;  GNU Emacs 21.4.1; calendar.el Version 6, October 12, 1995]

I believe the date/day of this year's autumnal equinox (northern
hemisphere) is incorrect for the eastern time zone in 'calendar'.

This is displayed:

    Friday, September 22, 2006:  Autumnal Equinox 12:03am (EDT)

but it really should be:

    Saturday, September 23, 2006:  Autumnal Equinox 12:03am (EDT)


We don't want to perform our "pagan rituals" on the wrong day!

-- 
Prof Kenneth H Jacker       khj@cs.appstate.edu
Computer Science Dept       www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj
Appalachian State Univ
Boone, NC  28608  USA        

Re: Equinox Error in 'calendar'

[ken]

Kenneth Jacker wrote:
> [Ubuntu;  GNU Emacs 21.4.1; calendar.el Version 6, October 12, 1995]
> 
> I believe the date/day of this year's autumnal equinox (northern
> hemisphere) is incorrect for the eastern time zone in 'calendar'.
> 
> This is displayed:
> 
>     Friday, September 22, 2006:  Autumnal Equinox 12:03am (EDT)
> 
> but it really should be:
> 
>     Saturday, September 23, 2006:  Autumnal Equinox 12:03am (EDT)
> 
> 
> We don't want to perform our "pagan rituals" on the wrong day!
> 

I'm running two different versions of emacs (on the same machine).  The
older one-- 21.3.1-- shows the equinox being on Friday, but the newer
version-- 22.0.50.1-- shows Saturday.

If someone is nearby to it, they could do a count at Stonehenge and
determine the percentage of pagans who have upgraded against those who
haven't.


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