Spacecraft.ElapsedHoursFromEpoch(Variable) Method

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Description

Returns the number of hours between a user-specified epoch and the current Spacecraft epoch.

Timing Precision Mode

This page describes functionality in millisecond timing precision mode. Millisecond timing precision mode is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. We recommend that you migrate your Mission Plans to nanosecond timing precision mode.

Method Signature

Spacecraft.ElapsedHoursFromEpoch(

Variable referenceEpoch)

Arguments

referenceEpoch
Description:	Base epoch to measure elapsed hours, which can be either a value or a Variable. The base epoch is in TAI Modified Julian Time format, from which the elapsed hours are measured.

Return Value

Type:	number
Units:	hr

Returns the number of hours between a user-specified epoch and the current Spacecraft epoch.

Syntax

myVariable1 = mySpacecraft1.ElapsedHoursFromEpoch(myVariable2);