"Jochem Maas" <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:448ED228.9060601@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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. Today it's actually off by 3 minutes 5:23 vs 5:26. > > 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. Well you can add Canada to that list.... Did you check with Netherlands? > > 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) I don't quite comprehend why an algorithm - presumably (but apparently not) the same - should come up with 2 different responses. > > What can be done to push PHP to correct this? > > nothing, unless you can provide a patch. If I could do that I wouldn't need the function in the first place. > > there is a reason why php is not used to track satellites or shuttle > reentries and the like... LOL and 60 seconds off on the sunrise calculation on some > webpage is not exactly going to stop the world from rotating is it? 60 seconds wouldn't but 120 would. ;-) > >> >> Thanks >> Thanks for the feedback. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
