TimeFormat

class astropy.time.TimeFormat(val1, val2, scale, precision, in_subfmt, out_subfmt, from_jd=False)

Bases: object

Base class for time representations.

Parameters:

val1 : numpy ndarray, list, str, or number

Data to initialize table.

val2 : numpy ndarray, list, str, or number; optional

Data to initialize table.

scale : str

Time scale of input value(s)

precision : int

Precision for seconds as floating point

in_subfmt : str

Select subformat for inputting string times

out_subfmt : str

Select subformat for outputting string times

from_jd : bool

If true then val1, val2 are jd1, jd2

Attributes Summary

scale	Time scale
value	Return time representation from internal jd1 and jd2.

Methods Summary

Attributes Documentation

scale

Time scale

value

Return time representation from internal jd1 and jd2. Must be provided by derived classes.

Methods Documentation

set_jds(val1, val2)

Set internal jd1 and jd2 from val1 and val2. Must be provided by derived classes.