December 21
The day that has the shortest hours of daylight is known as the winter solstice. In 2013, the day that will have the shortest hours will be on Saturday, December 21, 2013.
An equinox is not the shortest day. It has the same amount of daylight and darkness. The solstices have the longest and shortest days. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in terms of the amount of daylight.
The longest period of daylight happens at the summer solstice. The shortest day occurs at the winter solstice.
It depends on your latitude.
No. It has equal amounts of daylight and darkness. A winter solstice has the least amount of daylight and can be regarded as the shortest day of the year. If your clocks go forward once a year, then that particular day has 23 hours, so that could also be said to be the shortest day of the year.
The longest period of daylight happens at the summer solstice. The shortest day occurs at the winter solstice.
Assuming you're referencing daylight; The shortest day of the year is the Winter Solstice, which for 2010 is on December 21st.
The Winter Solstice, which can be on the 21st of December or on the 22nd of December, is the day on which there is the least daylight hours, often called the shortest day. On the last Sunday in March, Daylight Savings Time begins in Spain. The clocks go forward by one hour. That means that there are only 23 hours in that day, so that can also be said to be the shortest day.
October 13th
That depends on where you were. In 2011 it was the day with least amount of daylight hours in the northern hemisphere and the day with the most amount of daylight hours in the southern hemisphere.
It depends on where you live on the Earth. North of the equator the shortest day is on the Winter Solstice, about December 21st. In the Southern hemisphere the shortest day is on the Summer Solstice about the 21st of June.
The longest period of daylight happens at the summer solstice. The shortest day occurs at the winter solstice.