The theory of the extended length of time Phil has spent in the time loop is borne out by this deleted scene, in which he says he's been playing pool every day for months.

Those were great. Thanks.

I recently watched Bill Murray on the "Hot Ones" interview and he talked about the scene where he drives w/ the groundhog. (Around the 7:13 mark if this doesn't start there.)

One of my favorite movies of all time, like in the top 5 or 6. Last year they had the 30th anniversary reunion with many of the originals attending.

I've thought about it from the reference point of Malcom Gladwell's book about how it takes 10,000 hours to master anything. At some point Phil decides to take piano lessons. Let's assume that's at least a year after the "first day" in the time loop. Towards the end of the movie we see him masterfully playing piano with the band at the dance. So if he's had 10,000 1-hour piano lessons at one per day, that puts him in the loop for 10,000 days plus the initial time period during which he was trying to kill himself, etc.

That puts him stuck at least around 28 years.

My wife and I have watched this every Groundhog Day now for 10+ years now, we decided to make it a tradition.

One of my favorite lines:

Phil: I'm a god.
Rita: You're God?
Phil: I'm A god. I'm not *THE* God… ...I don’t think…
Phil: I have been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted, and burned.
Rita: Oh, really?
Phil: …and every morning I wake up without a scratch on me, not a dent in the fender… ...
Rita: You're not a god.