TimeUtilities.ParseCalendarDate(String, String, String, String) Method

Description

Parses the calendar date in calendarDate as a time in the calendarSystem system using the default calendar format and returns its time value in the outputReference system and outputReference reference.

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Method Signature

TimeUtilities.ParseCalendarDate(	String calendarDate,
	String calendarSystem,
	String outputSystem,
	String outputReference)

Arguments

calendarDate
Description:	A String containing a calendar date.

calendarSystem

Description:

The time system of calendarDate.

Valid Values:

Value	Label
"TAI"	International Atomic Time
"UTC"	Coordinated Universal Time
"TDT"	Terrestrial Dynamical Time
"TDB"	Barycentric Dynamical Time
"UT1"	Universal Time Principle Form
"GPS"	Global Positioning System Time

outputSystem

Description:

The time system in which to output the parsed value.

Valid Values:

Value	Label
"TAI"	International Atomic Time
"UTC"	Coordinated Universal Time
"TDT"	Terrestrial Dynamical Time
"TDB"	Barycentric Dynamical Time
"UT1"	Universal Time Principle Form
"GPS"	Global Positioning System Time

outputReference

Description:

The time reference relative which to output the parsed value.

Valid Values:

Value	Label
"Julian Date"	Julian Date (Jan 1 4713 BCE 12:00:00.000 TAI)
"MJD GSFC"	GSFC Modified Julian Date (Jan 05 1941 12:00:00.000 TAI)
"MJD USNO"	USNO Modified Julian Date (Nov 17 1858 00:00:00.000 TAI)
"MJD GPS"	GPS Modified Julian Date (Jan 06 1980 00:00:00.000 UTC)
"MJD 1950"	Besselian Date 1950.0 (Dec 31 1949 22:09:46.862 TAI)

Return Value

Type:	number
Units:	day

Returns the parsed calendar date as a time value in the specified system and reference.

Syntax

myVariable1 = TimeTools.ParseCalendarDate(myString1, myString2, myString3, myString4);