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Essentially, the year in eQUEST sets the starting day of the week
for Jan 1st. In 2012, Jan 1st was a Sunday so the simulation will
start on a Sunday. eQUEST/DOE-2 does not "do" leap years. The
weather data is always 8760 hours/year (not 8784 as 2012 would
have).<br>
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On 1/10/2012 2:06 PM, Jonathan Smith wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">The simulation file I created with a
simulation year of 2012 does not include Feb. 29<sup>th</sup>
– Leap Year. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, can someone clarify the codes
for “Day/Type”, the 4<sup>th</sup> column in the hourly report
file? For simulation year 2012, January 1<sup>st</sup> is
listed as Day/Type “7”. Global variables 43 and 45 describe
items with “7” as Saturday. Obviously, January 1<sup>st</sup>
this year was a Sunday. The hourly report Global Variable #45
is correct as a “1”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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