makefitsdate.pro

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File makefitsdate.pro

Last modification date:: Wed Nov 17 16:47:51 2004

makefitsdate

function makefitsdate(mjd, [precision=integer])

Make a FITS date string from a modified Julian Date.

Returns: a FITS date of the form YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[.sss].
Uses: paddedstring
Version: $Id: makefitsdate.pro,v 1.3 2004/11/17 21:47:51 bgarwood Exp $

Parameters

mjd
in, required
double Modified Julian Date, in days.

Keywords

precision
in, optional
integer Number of digits after the decimal point in the seconds field of the output FITS date. If precision is 0 (the default) no decimal point is used.

Produced by IDLdoc 1.5 on Wed Dec 8 13:08:16 2004

Parameters
mjd in, required double	Modified Julian Date, in days.

Keywords
precision in, optional integer	Number of digits after the decimal point in the seconds field of the output FITS date. If precision is 0 (the default) no decimal point is used.