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NAME¶
getdate - AMESYNOPSIS¶
[-dv][-n dec][-f format] [ra dec sys] itype2otype [ date and/or time]DESCRIPTION¶
Convert date and time between various formats- [-dv][-n dec][-f format] itype2otype @file
- itype: nfd=ISOFITS fd=FITS, dt=yyyy.mmdd, hr=hh:mm:ss, deg=dd:mm:ss
- jd=Julian Date, mjd=Modified Julian Date hjd=Heliocentric Julian Date, mhjd=Modified HJD ep=epoch, epj=Julian epoch, epb=Besselian epoch lt=local time, ut=UT, ts=seconds since 1950-01-01 now=current time, ang=fractional degrees
- otype: fd=FITS, dt=yyyy.mmdd, jd=Julian Date, mjd=Modified Julian Date
- hjd=Heliocentric Julian Date, mhjd=Modified HJD hr=hh:mm:ss, deg=dd:mm:ss, ang=fractional degrees ep=epoch, epj=Julian epoch, epb=Besselian epoch ts=seconds since 1950-01-01, tsu=Unix sec, tsi=IRAF sec gst=Greenwich Sidereal Time, lst=Local Sidereal Time
- @file: First one or two columns are in itype format ra dec sys: Need for Heliocentric conversions
-a:
Append date to input file, if there is one
-d:
Print date without time
-e:
Print output as ET/TDT/TT converting from UT
-f:
Format for output number (C printf)
-h
hours: Longitude in hours, west positive
-l
degrees: Longitude in degrees, west positive
-n:
Number of decimal places in sec, epoch, JD
-t:
Print time without date
-v:
Verbose
| June 2012 | getdate 3.8.4 |