Re: Sunset/Sunrise

On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Andrew Ballard wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Tedd Sperling <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi gang: >> >> What's wrong with this? >> >> echo date("D M d Y"). ', sunrise time : ' .date_sunrise(time(), >> SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, 42.57, 84.3320, 90, -5); >> echo('<br>'); >> echo date("D M d Y"). ', sunset time : ' .date_sunset(time(), >> SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, 42.57, 84.3320, 90, -5); >> >> It gives exactly the wrong time -- Sunset is reported as Sunrise and vice versa. >> What's up? >> >> Thanks, >> >> tedd > > tedd, > > I think you used the incorrect longitude. Did you want a location in > northern China (as you entered above) or near Dansville, MI (in which > case I believe your longitude above should be negative rather than > positive)? > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.57,84.3320&hl=en&sll=42.57,-84.332&sspn=0.023008,0.038581&t=m&z=8 > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.57,-84.3320&hl=en&sll=42.554092,-84..324188&sspn=0.736459,1.234589&t=m&z=15 > > Andrew Andrew: That's what I get for not checking it myself. I was assured by one of my students that was our correct lat/long. Boy, will he hear from me -- he's going to find his next assignment in China. :-) Thanks, tedd _____________________ tedd.sperling@gmail.com http://sperling.com