Will be in Scotland mid-september, and I have a real simple question. What time does it get dark in mid-september? Trying to plan out some driving day trips but prefer to be back at "basecamp" before total darkness.<BR><BR>thank ye kindly

Just got back from Edinburgh and it was getting dark at around 8 - 8.30 pm or so yesterday. A very rough guess says you're probably looking at darkness falling around 7 - 7.30 by mid September.

The fall equinox is around September 22, so expect approximately equal periods of daylight and darkness then. I'd guess you'll have decent light until seven-ish.<BR>For specific sunrise and sunset times anywhere in the world, Ask Jeeves "what time does the sun rise and set in [city] on [date]?" Or Google "sunrise sunset computer."

kayd is right. Fall equinox means that day and night are equally long ALL OVER THE WORLD. So, in mid-September in gets dark in Scotland about the same time it gets dark where ever you live.

COMPUTER SAYS:<BR>Turnhouse Airport <BR>Edinburgh, Scotland<BR>N55° 57' 00" W003° 21' 00"<BR><BR>For Thu, Sep 19 2002 Europe/London (GMT+1)<BR>Local time (above TZ):14:26<BR>Midday at: 13:06<BR>Length of day: 12:30<BR><BR>Civil Twilight Start: 06:15<BR>Sunrise: 06:52<BR><BR>Sunset: 19:21<BR>Civil Twilight End: 19:59<BR>