Guest post by "Nestor Notabilis"
They've been trying to sort something about about how long a fast actually lasts, because in the northern hemisphere it's unfortunately fallen in the middle of summer and sun-rise to sun-set can mean an insanely long period of time. Random info of the day. (My old classmates just used to go by when the sun was up/down in Mecca because they sensibly decided summer-time in northern Europe gave too much daylight)