Talk:Horizontal sundial calculations

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Revision as of 17:50, 16 May 2011 by rosettacode>Mwn3d (Not talking about the hours)

Hi, How about adding the actual calculation being done to the Task description, or pointing it out if it is in the wikipedia article? Thanks. --Paddy3118 07:05, 24 June 2010 (UTC)


It surprises me that every submission (except BBC BASIC) outputs an obviously incorrect value for 6pm (18:00). --Richard Russell 14:47, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

This point of view seems a bit provocative, perhaps even trollish? I see one entry that has labeled "11 am" as "1 am" but most of the others use an "offset from noon" notation, which has some educational merit.] --Rdm 17:29, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
I think he's talking about the hour line angle values. BBC BASIC shows "-95.775" while most other langauges show "84.225". I can't quite tell if these are equivalent (I need a picture), but their absolute values add up to 180 which makes me think they might just be the same angle from different directions. --Mwn3d 17:50, 16 May 2011 (UTC)