Shortening daylight - a different take.

[RWood]

In our latitudes we notice the days "drawing in" markedly as the equinox approaches - though the equation of time dictates that the evenings are drawing in faster than the mornings [that will happen till about mid-May].

If however you take a place about 8deg 30min South [about the latitude of Tokelau and Java], the equation of time stabilises the sunrise times for about 3 months - the following table assumes a time zone matching the longitude of Greenwich [or one ideally adjusted for longitude, with no seasonal alterations]:

Sunrise Sunset
Feb 14 0603 1826
Mar 14 0604 1814
Apr 14 0603 1758
May 14 0604 1748

Closer to the equator the daylength effects reduce to zero, and at the equator the sunrise and sunset both get about 18-19 minutes earlier during the period.