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Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem [message #38263 is a reply to message #38262]

Thu, 26 February 2004 08:17

btupper
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 08:22:36 -0700, David Fanning <david@dfanning.com>
wrote:

> Ben Tupper writes:
>
>> One additional thing to add to David's explanation is that JULDAY adds
>> a small offset to the seconds argument. I forget why, but the reason
>> is described in the documentation for JULDAY. You could test it out
>> by editing the JULDAY function so it does not add the offset. I'll
>> bet you still will not get the answer you expect because of the
>> condition David describes.
>
> Thank you, Ben. And also for that tip on the Bigelow
> Arctic expedition. Looks like I might be spending a
> couple of weeks wandering the ice on the Beaufort Sea. :-)
>

Hey that sounds like fun. You *must must must* read "Arctic Dreams"
before you go. That description the walrus leaping out of the water
to squash people standing on the edge of a floe was riveting. I was
asked about you and I related how your backhand is quite famous on the
newsgroup. That seemed to clinch it.

Bon voyage!

Ben

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		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: James Kuyper on Fri, 27 February 2004 08:17
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 27 February 2004 08:06
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: David Fanning on Fri, 27 February 2004 05:28
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: lucianor on Fri, 27 February 2004 02:30
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 February 2004 08:51
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 February 2004 08:41
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: btupper on Thu, 26 February 2004 08:17
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 February 2004 07:22
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: btupper on Thu, 26 February 2004 06:52
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 February 2004 06:19
		Re: JULDAY-CALDAT problem By: Mark Hadfield on Sun, 29 February 2004 14:50

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