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coordsys.epoch - Function

1.1.3 Return the epoch


Description

This function returns the epoch of the observation as a Measure.

Arguments





Returns
record

Example

 
 
"""  
#  
print "\t----\t epoch Ex 1 \t----"  
csys = cs.newcoordsys()  
ep = csys.epoch()  
print ep  
#{’type’: ’epoch’, ’m0’: {’value’: 54151.96481085648, ’unit’: ’d’}, ’refer’: ’UTC’}  
time = me.getvalue(ep)           # Extract time with measures  
print time  
#{’m0’: {’value’: 54151.96481085648, ’unit’: ’d’}}  
qa.time(time)                    # Format with quanta  
#’23:09:20’  
#  
"""  
 

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