Comments on: Sunrise & Sunset in iCal

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:19:12 +0000

Hey Maria (and everyone else),

Again, thank you for the calendar you made for me for 2009. I understand you are very busy right now, and not available to make calendars for me and/or everyone. I have found a program that all you have to do is input your decimal coordinates and time zone, and it will output an iCal including automatic adjustments for Daylight savings (so long as you live in the US. If you live outside the US, you can enter when your country starts and ends DST).

Go to: http://www.kaleberg.com/pages/kaleberg-08-01.php and scroll down to the 1-08 entry (about 3/4 down the page)

A barebones program that works very, very well. Enjoy!

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:09:59 +0000

I’ll put it on my list of things to do, but no guarantees. I’m really swamped with work these days.

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:06:11 +0000

Hi Maria,

I have been looking everywhere for a sunrise/sunset calendar in ical for the year of 2009. I need it for Shawano, WI. Is there anyway that you could please make me one or tell me how to make one. I want to import it to my google calendar and I just can’t find anything that will do that. Can you please help!
Thank you much appreciated.

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:20:26 +0000

VERY helpful! Thanks for sharing the link!

By: Robbie Boyhan

Robbie Boyhan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:21:38 +0000

Don’t know if this would be helpful to you or not, but they do have a widget for sunrise and sunset times located here:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/calculate_convert/sunset_widgetop.html

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:58:57 +0000

This is exactly what i was looking for. Any news on ‘09 ical?

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:49:04 +0000

Maria Langer,

What process do you use to import the almanac data into iCal?

Thanks.

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:12:16 +0000

Would you be willing to create an 2008 iCal file for Sag Harbor, NY? We seem to have similar interests in books and I’d be happy to purchase one on your behalf. Thanks.

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:55:17 +0000

I have it for 2008 in Wickenburg, AZ.

By: Kimberly Jarman

Kimberly Jarman — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:38:49 +0000

This is what I was looking for!! Thank you! Do you have it for 2008/2009?

By: Jan Garcia

Jan Garcia — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:11:56 +0000

Thanks for the cool info! Just what I was looking for.

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:13:16 +0000

There are actually quite a few Web sites with that info. For example, the U.S. Naval Observatory has one, too: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html

TimePalette is the program I use to get the data. It’s incredibly detailed, with all kinds of time-related information for specific places on earth. It really came in handy when a photographer wanted sunrise and sunset photo flights over Lake Powell, which is quite a distance from here. It has a huge built-in database, but you can also enter lat/lon info to create your own locations. My Sunrise/Sunset info is for Wickenburg Airport, which is about 3 miles from my house. But if I wanted to get really geeky about it, I could enter the exact lat/lon for my house and have it calculate the information for that location.

I like having the data in iCal where each sunrise and sunset is an actual event. No need to access the Internet and it’s right in my calendar program, which is usually open when I make appointments for flying. Because I use .Mac to synchronize iCal on all my Macs, the info’s available on all my computers.

By: Miraz Jordan

Miraz Jordan — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:59:40 +0000

Unfortunately it doesn’t create iCal files, but the http://timeanddate.com/ website is very interesting and useful. It provides a heap of information related to dates and times, customisable in many ways.

Here’s the info for Phoenix, for example: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=197

It’s worth exploring.