Julian Date Conversion | Engee Documentation

Description

Block Julian Date Conversion performs conversion from Gregorian calendar to Julian calendar. The conversion is valid for all dates of our era (AD) according to the Gregorian calendar.

Ports

Input

# day — time source
scalar | matrix

Details

The source of time from the Gregorian calendar.

The name of this port corresponds to the value of the parameters Time increment.

Data types	`Float64`
Complex numbers support	No

Output

# JD — Julian date
scalar | matrix

Details

The date of the Julian calendar.

Data types	`Float64`.
Complex numbers support	No

Parameters

Date and time

# Year — year

Details

The year for calculating the Julian date.

Default value	`2013`
Program usage name	`year`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes

# Month — month

Details

The month for calculating the Julian date.

Default value	`1`
Program usage name	`month`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes

# Day — day

Details

The day to calculate the Julian date.

Default value	`1`
Program usage name	`day`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes

# Hour — hour

Details

The hour for calculating the Julian date.

Default value	`0`
Program usage name	`hour`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes

# Minutes — minutes

Details

Minutes to calculate the Julian date.

Default value	`0`
Program usage name	`minutes`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes

# Seconds — seconds

Details

Seconds to calculate the Julian date.

Default value	`0`
Program usage name	`seconds`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes

# Time increment — time increment
Day | Hour | Min | Sec

Details

The time increment between the specified date and the desired simulation time. For example, selecting Day and connecting the simulation timer to the port means that each time increment is one day, and the unit adjusts its calculations to reflect this simulation time.

Values	`Day` \| `Hour` \| `Min` \| `Sec`
Default value	`Day`
Program usage name	`mask_time_increment`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes

Time scale

# UTC (leap seconds accounting) — leap seconds

Details

Select this check box to calculate the Julian date taking leap seconds into account.

Default value	`false (switched off)`
Program usage name	`scale`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes

# Calculate modified Julian date — modified Julian date

Details

Select this check box to calculate the modified Julian date.

If this check box is selected, the output port will be named MJD.

Default value	`false (switched off)`
Program usage name	`is_calc_mod_jd`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes

# High accuracy Julian date (two float64) — double precision

Details

Select this check box to calculate the Julian date with double precision.

Default value	`false (switched off)`
Program usage name	`is_high_accuracy`
Tunable	No
Evaluatable	Yes