quanta.splitdate - Function

split a date/time into a record

Synopsis
splitdate(v)

Arguments

v	in	value
		Allowed:	angle/time quantity or string

Returns
record

Description
splitdate splits a date/time quantity into a record with constituent fields like year, yearday, month etc. All fields will be integer (to enable use as index and easy personal formatting), with the exception of the s field which is a double float. See the example for the fields returned.

Example

- dq.splitdate('today')
[mjd=52075.0361, year=2001, yearday=166, month=6, monthday=15,
		  week=24, weekday=5, hour=0, min=52, sec=1,
		   s=1.24799991, msec=247, usec=247999] 
- dq.splitdate('183.33333333deg')
[mjd=0.509259259, year=1858, yearday=321, month=11, monthday=17,
		   week=46, weekday=3, hour=12, min=13, sec=19,
		    s=19.9999992, msec=999, usec=999999]

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	Package	general
	Module	quanta
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