1.1.3.0 coordsys.setepoch

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coordsys.setepoch - Function

1.1.3 Set a new epoch

Description

This function sets a new epoch (supplied as an epoch measure) of the observation. You can get the current epoch with function epoch.

Arguments


Inputs
value	New epoch measure
	allowed:	record
	Default:

Returns
bool

Example

"""
#
print "\t----\t setepoch Ex 1 \t----"
csys = cs.newcoordsys()
ep = csys.epoch()
print ep
#{’type’: ’epoch’, ’m0’: {’value’: 54161.766782997685, ’unit’: ’d’}, ’refer’: ’UTC’}
ep = me.epoch(’UTC’, ’today’)
csys.setepoch(ep)
print csys.epoch()
#{’type’: ’epoch’, ’m0’: {’value’: 54161.766782997685, ’unit’: ’d’}, ’refer’: ’UTC’}
#
"""

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