+geocat_ Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I just noticed that on my "Finds By Day of Cache Placement" grid that I only need 2 more days to fill it up. One of these days is Feb 3 but the other is Feb 29. I did a PQ to locate a reasonably close cache placed on Feb 3 but when I went to do the same for Feb 29, I found that the dates in the drop down do not include a "29" when the month of February is selected. Any way to find this information some other way? Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 What program are you using for your finds by date placed grid? I know the GS grid shows finds by date found. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I did a PQ to locate a reasonably close cache placed on Feb 3 but when I went to do the same for Feb 29, I found that the dates in the drop down do not include a "29" when the month of February is selected. There's no way to do a PQ for just a month and day. It has to be the month, day, and year. Which year have you chosen? If you've chosen a year that wasn't a leap year, it correctly will not have a 29th of February. The only years that could have had a leap day cache hidden are 2004 and 2008. OR... You could just wait and attend an event or find one of the many caches that will likely be hidden this Feb 29. Quote Link to comment
+geocat_ Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 What program are you using for your finds by date placed grid? I know the GS grid shows finds by date found. I am using the GS program. So GSAK will do it? Quote Link to comment
+lamoracke Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 What program are you using for your finds by date placed grid? I know the GS grid shows finds by date found. I am using the GS program. So GSAK will do it? Yes, if you have your PQ in GSAK, there is a field called placed date. Sort by that and look for 2/29/2004 or 2/29/2008. Quote Link to comment
+geocat_ Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 I did a PQ to locate a reasonably close cache placed on Feb 3 but when I went to do the same for Feb 29, I found that the dates in the drop down do not include a "29" when the month of February is selected. There's no way to do a PQ for just a month and day. It has to be the month, day, and year. Which year have you chosen? If you've chosen a year that wasn't a leap year, it correctly will not have a 29th of February. The only years that could have had a leap day cache hidden are 2004 and 2008. OR... You could just wait and attend an event or find one of the many caches that will likely be hidden this Feb 29. OK, I must be getting old and/or crazy because I swear I tried that....now I did it again and you are correct. I had to put in the year of a leap year. Seems I was using the PQ like I cache, blindly, hahaha! Thanks! Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I don't see any way to select one particular day of a month alone. Maybe 'between 2/28/xxxx and 3/1/xxxx'? Keep changing the year until you get a hit. Quote Link to comment
+geocat_ Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yes, I didn't state that correctly in my OP. I was doing the day, month and rotating years until I got a hit close to home. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Well, perhaps there just aren't any caches placed on 2/29 that are 'close enough' to you. Lucky for me there were 28 place in Arizona on 2/29/2008. I have found 10 of them, and 18 are still active today. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) Funny that there only 11 of them placed on 2/29 in Oregon. LOL. I wont be surprise if it jump over 50 or more. Edited January 17, 2012 by SwineFlew Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I just noticed that on my "Finds By Day of Cache Placement" grid that I only need 2 more days to fill it up. One of these days is Feb 3 but the other is Feb 29. I did a PQ to locate a reasonably close cache placed on Feb 3 but when I went to do the same for Feb 29, I found that the dates in the drop down do not include a "29" when the month of February is selected. Any way to find this information some other way? If your on platform 9 3/4 the 29th of February does appear on the drop down. Quote Link to comment
+LightHouseSeekers Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Just ran two Pocket Queries giving many results for caches placed on Feb 29th . The nearest for 2/29/08 is 80 crows or 100 driving miles away and the nearest for 2/29/04 is 100 crows or 120 driving miles away. In the PQs I simple stated I wanted caches placed between 2/29/04 and 2/29/04 for the one query and between 2/29/08 and 2/29/08 for the other query. Quote Link to comment
+God of Caching Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 You have to run a PQ with only 2/29/2004 and 2/29/2008 as your search. It will work. Cheers! Quote Link to comment
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