KI wrote: > I posted this Thursday as a PHP bug: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37743 > > Basically this function is off by 2 minutes from the US & UK governments > calculations. not today it isn't - U.S. Naval Observatory (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html) gives me 5.23 for sunrise with the data you gave in your bug report. I suggest you take dericks' words on it that this is a very difficult algorithm and that this cannot easily, if at all, be 'fixed' (if it is even actually a bug). and besides since when were either of those govs considered trustworthy? as far as authoritive sources are concerned they are right up there with wikipedia and google. and like like Einstein said - time is relative. so what is 5.22 anyway? > While PHP is admitting there is a difference they are stating > I should live with it and "it's expected". Does any one else not find this > acceptable? about as acceptable as the number of vowels in your domain name. (it remains a fact whether one 'accepts' it or not) What can be done to push PHP to correct this? nothing, unless you can provide a patch. there is a reason why php is not used to track satellites or shuttle reentries and the like... and 60 seconds off on the sunrise calculation on some webpage is not exactly going to stop the world from rotating is it? > > Thanks > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
