1.1.3.0 coordsys.epoch

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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
anyrecord

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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