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mjd2cal

Josh Cardenzana edited this page Mar 29, 2017 · 3 revisions

Converts from modified Julian date to Gregorian calendar date (year, month, day). Note that the gregorian calendar date is in UTC time.

See cal2mjd for the reverse conversion.

USAGE

mjd2jd <modified julian date> <return format ID>

RETURNED: Gregorian calendar date in one of two formats:

  • Format ID = 0 : YYYYMMDD.<date fraction>
  • Format ID = 1 : YYYY MM DD.<day fraction>

Example

The following is an example for getting the Gregorian calendar date with a given modified Julian date of 57573.2:
Input

mjd2cal 57573.2

or

mjd2cal 57573.2 0

Output

20160704.200000

Input

mjd2cal 57573.2 1

Output

2016 07 4.2000

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