[at-l] I'M FREE!!!

[gregbrown at mindspring.com (Greg Brown)]

Heh.. yeah.  The fractions of seconds do go down fairly quickly.   
659.75482638889 days.

Here is the PHP code that drives the calculation:

/* Get the start of my thru-hike, 9:00 am Eastern, 3/4/07 */
         $hikeStart = strtotime("4 March 2007 07:00");

         /* get the epoch for "right now" */
         $rightNow= mktime();

         /* subtract the start hike epoch from right now epoch */
         $deltaTime=$hikeStart - $rightNow;

         /* before we print out a date, say why we are here */
         print "<strong>The Hike Begins in\n</strong>";

        /* give the reader the amount of days */
        $days = $deltaTime/86400;
        print $days. " days ";
        print "<br><p><hr>";




On May 13, 2005, at 10:28 AM, Steve Miller wrote:

> I thought I was going to extremes by calculating to the second! :)   
> At least you get to see those last few decimals changing quickly.   
> One second can seem so long when you're watching it and waiting......
>
> Steve "No Chance"
>
> Greg Brown wrote:
>
>> 659.90607638889 days until I am free and hit the trail.
>> Greg
>> On May 12, 2005, at 10:26 PM, Steve Miller wrote:
>>
>>> Just a moment, while I have a jealous rage - #%@*!*&@*.  Okay,  
>>> I'm  fine now.  Seriously, congratulations and good hiking.  My  
>>> freedom  day is still 10 months away - but I have a counter on my  
>>> computer  screen to tell me exactly how long until I plan to be  
>>> on Springer  (309 days, 10 hours, 36 minutes, 10 seconds at this  
>>> writing).  On  the short term schedule, only three weeks until I  
>>> leave for Erwin  for five days on the trail with my nephew!
>>>
>>> Steve "No Chance"
>>>
>>> Nina wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm free! I'm free! Today was my last day of work! I have  
>>>> ceased  to be a mindless, squinting, mouse-clicking cubicle  
>>>> dweller! I am  now, officially, gainfully unemployed till  
>>>> August! Hikin' trails,  here I come! Yee-hi!
>>>> Waterfall
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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