Tim adds: I’m sure I have something similar to Excel, yes, (Open Office) but that string there is still entirely googledegook to me. What’s it mean?
Eva
‘is still entirely googledegook to me. What’s it mean?’
It means someone’s too posh to count on their fingers. I divided 100 by 12 and got 8.3, added 8 years to 2008 and got 1 Aug 2016 then added the extra three months to get December 1.
MikeinAppalachia
Ummm….Sept 1, Oct 1, Nov 1. ?
Maybe 100 months = 8 years and 4 months?
Yes, that’s right.
Mark Lynas specifies 1 December 2016 as “the time left before this 400ppm level is reached” in his article at CiF.
I came to the same date when I wrote about Andrew Simms in my blog just now – http://www.di2.nu/200808/01a.htm
Don’t you have Excel ?
=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())+100,DAY(TODAY()))
Tim adds: I’m sure I have something similar to Excel, yes, (Open Office) but that string there is still entirely googledegook to me. What’s it mean?
‘is still entirely googledegook to me. What’s it mean?’
It means someone’s too posh to count on their fingers. I divided 100 by 12 and got 8.3, added 8 years to 2008 and got 1 Aug 2016 then added the extra three months to get December 1.
Ummm….Sept 1, Oct 1, Nov 1. ?
Maybe 100 months = 8 years and 4 months?
@Mike
You’re right. I did say I count on my fingers…;)
Even easier, in Mathematica:
DateString[DateList[] + {0, 100, 0, 0, 0, 0}]
“Fri 2 Dec 2016 15:29:37”
(because it’s the 2nd of August today).