[Bug-gcal] [GCAL] Solstice and Equinox Here: Beginning of the seasons

[Karlheinz Geyer]

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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:12:15 +0200
From: Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [GCAL] Solstice and Equinox Here: Beginning of the seasons
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Hi,

I will answer to this message later (I am not really a guru with gcal, I
need to look into the docs as well :)) but in the meanwhile, would you
mind to send the message to address@hidden so maybe other people can
chime in and help you quicker than me?

Thanks,
Giuseppe


Karlheinz Geyer <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello Giuseppe,
>
> to find the beginning of the seasons of a given year one has to invoke
> gcal with command similiar to this one:
>
> gcal %${year} -n --astronomical-holidays | egrep 'Solstice|Equinox';
>
> The result is a list like (2014 in this example):
> Equinox Day 16.57 (Ast)                  - Do,  20 Mä 2014 = -215 Tage
> Solstice Day 10.51 (Ast)                 - Sa,  21 Jun 2014 = -122 Tage
> Equinox Day 02.29 (Ast)                  - Di,  23 Sep 2014 =  -28 Tage
> Solstice Day 23.03 (Ast)                 - So,  21 Dez 2014 =  +61 Tage
>
> Is there a way to invoke gcal only for a special date like:
> o The beginning of spring (Frühlingsanfang)
> o The beginning of summer (Sommeranfang)
> o The beginning of autumn (Herbstanfang)
> o The beginning of winter (Winteranfang) ?
>
> Thank you for your help.
> Regards,
> streng