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xkcd calendar calculator
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import Data.Numbers.Primes | |
second = 1 | |
minute = 60*second | |
hour = 60*minute | |
day = 1444*minute | |
month = 30*day | |
year = 12*month | |
daysPerXKCDYear = 30*12 | |
fullMoonsPerYear = 13 | |
solsticesAndEquinoxesPerYear = 4 | |
nonPrimeMinutesPerHour = ( 60 - length [x|x<-[0..59], isPrime x] ) | |
xkcdYearSeconds = year + 8*60*60*fullMoonsPerYear + 60*solsticesAndEquinoxesPerYear*nonPrimeMinutesPerHour | |
julianYearSeconds :: Int | |
julianYearSeconds = 31557600 --as per SI | |
delta = xkcdYearSeconds - julianYearSeconds | |
main = print $ "xkcd years are longer by " ++ show delta ++ " seconds." | |
-- Current output: "xkcd years are longer by 17520 seconds." |
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Ah, you're right. I'm glad such an easy-to-understand-and-compute time system exists. :-P