+idanpl Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Hi, If you ever wondered in what date most geocaches celebrate their birthday or similar date related stats, you can go to this post here: Geocachingguy.wordpress.com Enjoy Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Well that was interesting. For someone, I guess. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Next question: what date do most geocachers celebrate their birthdays? Quote Link to comment
+Coldgears Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Next question: what date do most geocachers celebrate their birthdays? That's how I read it. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 (edited) After clicking the link and reading: Why these dates? I don’t really have a clue. If you do, you are more than welcome to comment. Shouldn't it be, "When do most reviewers publish caches"? bd Edited November 20, 2011 by BlueDeuce Quote Link to comment
+Coldgears Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Shouldn't it be, "When do most reviewers publish caches"? No, I think he ran a couple thousand PQ's to get this data. In that case? The dates for "placed" are reliant on what the cache owner puts as the date the hid it, not on the date it was published. Look at a recently published cache, notice that the date is a couple days old. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Shouldn't it be, "When do most reviewers publish caches"? No, I think he ran a couple thousand PQ's to get this data. In that case? The dates for "placed" are reliant on what the cache owner puts as the date the hid it, not on the date it was published. Look at a recently published cache, notice that the date is a couple days old. I understand that, but not what I meant. Quote Link to comment
+BelKen Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 (edited) The second most popular date isn't april 7th but july 4th. That makes more sense (for the US i suppose). Unless the format of the dates changed halfway down the list. Edited November 20, 2011 by BelKen Quote Link to comment
+idanpl Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 The second most popular date isn't april 7th but july 4th. That makes more sense (for the US i suppose). Unless the format of the dates changed halfway down the list. You are correct. I was little out when I wrote this post. Post has been modified. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Next question: what date do most geocachers celebrate their birthdays? I don't know about other geocachers but I only had one birth day. Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) My own limited database of 36948 caches doesn't agree with this. According to that, April 11th is the most common "birthday", followed by April 27th. January 1st is only on spot #51 out of the 366 possible. The least common is February 29th of course, followed by December 22nd. The most common month is April. Seen locally, this makes a lot of sense. Edited November 21, 2011 by dfx Quote Link to comment
+idanpl Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 My own limited database of 36948 caches doesn't agree with this. According to that, April 11th is the most common "birthday", followed by April 27th. January 1st is only on spot #51 out of the 366 possible. The least common is February 29th of course, followed by December 22nd. The most common month is April. Seen locally, this makes a lot of sense. Data is based on American based caches. If we take German based cacehs, we will get the most common dates for placing caches are May 1st (labour day), October 3rd (Germany unity day), and April 25th (Easter Monday). Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yeah. The only date I have not found a cache hidden on is December 25. I only see two in New Jersey. Better find one befor they get archived! Only date I have not found a cache on is 2/29. (Filled in the rest of the calendar this year/late last year.) Someone had better hide a cache and dash for me for next February! Quote Link to comment
+Huntleigh Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Hi, If you ever wondered in what date most geocaches celebrate their birthday or similar date related stats, you can go to this post here: Geocachingguy.wordpress.com Enjoy I don't think the dates are that significant anyways. Look at the graph of days of the month: Apart from the first (where I suspect there is a tendency for lazy cachers to do a quick finger flutter) the days are pretty much the same, discounting "noise". The birthdays are the same IMHO. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I would figure more caches being placed on the anniversary of Geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+TerraViators Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I enjoyed that snippet. Quote Link to comment
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