CL_dat_convert

Description

• Converts a date from one type to another.

  The available types are:

  - "jd": Julian date

  - "cjd": Modified Julian date from 1950.0

  - "mjd": Modified Julian date: MJD = JD - 2400000.5

  - "cal": Calendar date. [year;month;day] or [year;month;day;hours;minutes;seconds]

  See Dates and time scales for more details.

• Notes:

  The input and output dates are relative to the same time scale.

Parameters

type_in:

(string) Type of input date: "jd", "cjd", "mjd" or "cal" (1x1)

type_out:

(string) Type of output date: "jd", "cjd", "mjd" or "cal" (1x1)

date_in:

Input date. (1xN or 3xN or 6xN). (3xN or 6xN only if type_in is "cal")

date_out:

Output date (1xN or 6xN). (6xN only if type_out is "cal")

Authors

• CNES - DCT/SB

Examples

cjd = 21956.3; // Convert from cjd to jd jd = CL_dat_convert("cjd","jd",cjd); // Convert from jd to calendar cal = CL_dat_convert("jd","cal",jd);