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Usage for dateStringToMJD
Return to directory of Todd's CASA extensions Convert a date/time string to floating point MJD. Input date format:- 2011/10/15 05:00:00 or
- 2011/10/15-05:00:00 or
- 2011-10-15 05:00:00 or
- 2011-10-15-05:00:00 or
- 2011-10-15T05:00:00 (which is the format output by the ALMA TMC DB tool, located at monitordata.osf.alma.cl)
- 2011-Oct-15 05:00:00 (and the other time formats)
Usage:
au.dateStringToMJD(datestring='2011/10/15 05:00:00', datestring2='', verbose=True, use_metool=True):
- use_metool: if True, use the casa measures tool; otherwise use a canned formula to convert to MJD.
- verbose: set to True for debugging messages
Example
CASA <4>: au.dateStringToMJD('2010-08-08 12:34')
MJD= 55416.52361, MJDseconds = 4787987640.0, JD= 2455417.02361
Out[4]: 55416.523611111108
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