Happy Pi Day

A colleague cheerfully pointed out that today, March 14, is Pi Day — that is, it’s 3.14. (This makes more sense in countries where you put the month first; 14.3 for 14 March isn’t very “pi like.”)

Frankly, I hadn’t heard of Pi Day before. I’d heard of Pie Day, but this is obviously different.

If today is Pi Day, when exactly is Pi Time? Since pi is 3.1415926 (which is a good approximation for our purposes), Pi Time should be .15926 of the way through the day, which my trusty HP calculator tells me would be at 3:49:20 in the morning.

That’s too early for pie, but just right for pi.