Re: The vernal equinox*

[Roger Freedman <airboy@PHYSICS.UCSB.EDU>]

Leigh Palmer <palmer@SFU.CA> writes:

> At 10:55 AM -0800 3/18/00, Roger Freedman wrote:

> > Monday, March 20, 2000, is the day of the vernal equinox.

> Not for you and me, Roger. For us in the Pacific Standard
> time zone (and those west of us) the vernal equinox is at
> 11:35 PM PST on Sunday, 19 March - tomorrow night.

Hi Leigh,

I'm a pilot (which explains why my e-mail address is "airboy"), and we do
everything in UTC! :-)

Cheers,
Roger

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