Greek Time
July 8, 2016
The modern day is divided into 24 hours, each with an equal number of minutes. In ancient times, before the invention of mechanical timepieces, the day was also divided into 24 hours, but not of equal length; there were 12 daytime hours, each of equal length, and 12 nighttime hours, each of equal length, but the length of a daytime hour and a nighttime hour differed, except on the two equinoxes.
For example, today, where I live, the sun will rise at 5:45 and set at 20:29, giving 884 minutes of sunlight, so there will be 73 2/3 minutes per daylight hour. Starting from sunrise at 5:45, the hours are 6:59, 8:12, 9:26, 10:40, 11:53, 13:07, 14:21, 15:34, 16:48, 18:02, and 19:15, with sunset at 20:29.
Your task is to write a program that calculates the daylight hours of the greek clock. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
Programming Praxis 