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Calendars and Time Information
Calendar and time information:
Calendar Zone
http://www.calendarzone.com
A directory of web resources, with sections for art, celestial studies,
culture, geography, holidays, religion, reference, women, Y2K, and more.
Calendars through the Ages
http://webexhibits.com/calendars
"The human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and
stars": wonderful information about such topics as the organization of the
week into seven days and the meanings of their names, atomic time, and
daylight savings time; with many timelines.
Farmer's Almanac
http://www.farmersalmanac.com
Astronomy, "the best days" to do all kinds of activities, weather, curious
facts, and advice.
The Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com
People who follow these weather forecasts argue that they are more accurate
than those of the meteorologists. Also offered here are household tips,
history, and puzzles.
Google Calendar
http://calendar.google.com
This is Google’s Calendar site. Description from Google: “With Google Calendar, you can see your friends' and family's schedules right next to your own; quickly add events mentioned in Gmail conversations or saved in other calendar applications; and add other interesting events that you find online…..You can set up automatic event reminders, including mobile phone notifications, and instantly bring up anything on your calendar with the built-in search tool.” Please note that a registered Google account is necessary to use the service.
Sunrise, Sunset Calendars and Local Time
http://www.sunrisesunset.com/
Site consists of time table information for sunrises and sunsets in various locations all over the world. Site also has local time information for various locales around the world.
This Day in History
http://www.historychannel.com/today
Find out what happened throughout time and throughout the world today or on
other days of the year.
Today's Calendar and Clock
Page
http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml
A very extensive megasite with valuable multicultural interest: historical
information, African and Persian calendars, perspectives of the world's
major religions, and calendar reform-to name just a few topics.
U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data
Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset; moon phases; eclipses; equinoxes and
solstices; and more.
U.S. Naval
Observatory Master Clock
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl
The exact time according to the U.S. Naval Observatory Clock, time zone
conversions for the United States, and other links.
Virtual Perpetual Calendars
http://www.vpcalendar.net/
Find the day of the week for virtually any day of any year.
A Walk Through Time
http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
Ancient calendars, early clocks, and world time scales.
http://wwp.global-time-zones.com/
This site gives all world time zones accessible through maps as well as text links. Has a wonderful conversion area where you can compare time zones with the one you are in.
Last updated 9/18/07
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