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date2jul.pro

gives julian day equivalent of a date in yyyymmdd format

topdate2jul calendar

result = date2jul(date[, GRADS=GRADS])

Return value

date in julian day

Parameters

date        in required

date in yyyymmdd format

Keywords

GRADS        in optional

if 1 <= year <= 49 --> year = 2000 + year if 50 <= year <= 99 --> year = 1900 + year

Examples

IDL> jday = juldate(19930124) IDL> print, date2jul(19931205) EQ julday(12,5,1993) 1 IDL> print, date2jul(931205,/grads) EQ julday(12,5,1993) 1

Version history

Version

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History

Sebastien Masson (smasson@lodyc.jussieu.fr) June 2005
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