nom.tam.fits
Class FitsDate

java.lang.Object
  nom.tam.fits.FitsDate

public class FitsDate
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

FitsDate(java.lang.String dStr)
Convert a FITS date string to a Java Date object.

Method Summary

static void	autotest()
static java.lang.String	getFitsDateString() Return the current date in FITS date format
static java.lang.String	getFitsDateString(java.util.Date epoch) Create FITS format date string Java Date object.
static java.lang.String	getFitsDateString(java.util.Date epoch, boolean timeOfDay) Create FITS format date string.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
static void	testArgs(java.lang.String[] args)
java.util.Date	toDate() Get a Java Date object corresponding to this FITS date.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FitsDate

public FitsDate(java.lang.String dStr)
         throws FitsException

Convert a FITS date string to a Java Date object.

Parameters:

dStr - the FITS date

Throws:

FitsException - if dStr does not contain a valid FITS date.

Method Detail

toDate

public java.util.Date toDate()

Get a Java Date object corresponding to this FITS date.

Returns:

The Java Date object.

getFitsDateString

public static java.lang.String getFitsDateString()

Return the current date in FITS date format

getFitsDateString

public static java.lang.String getFitsDateString(java.util.Date epoch)

Create FITS format date string Java Date object.

Parameters:

epoch - The epoch to be converted to FITS format.

getFitsDateString

public static java.lang.String getFitsDateString(java.util.Date epoch,
                                                 boolean timeOfDay)

Create FITS format date string. Note that the date is not rounded.

Parameters:

epoch - The epoch to be converted to FITS format.

timeOfDay - Should time of day information be included?

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

testArgs

public static void testArgs(java.lang.String[] args)

autotest

public static void autotest()

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)