Science:Erfa:eraCal2jd

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eraCal2jd

Gregorian Calendar to Julian Date.

Given:

  • iy,im,id: int: year, month, day in Gregorian calendar (Note 1)

Returned:

  • djm0: double: MJD zero−point: always 2400000.5
  • djm: double: Modified Julian Date for 0 hrs

Returned (function value): int status:

  • 0 = OK
  • −1 = bad year (Note 3: JD not computed)
  • −2 = bad month (JD not computed)
  • −3 = bad day (JD computed)

Notes:

1) The algorithm used is valid from −4800 March 1, but this implementation rejects dates before −4799 January 1.

2) The Julian Date is returned in two pieces, in the usual ERFA manner, which is designed to preserve time resolution. The Julian Date is available as a single number by adding djm0 and djm.

3) In early eras the conversion is from the "Proleptic Gregorian Calendar"; no account is taken of the date(s) of adoption of the Gregorian Calendar, nor is the AD/BC numbering convention observed.

Reference:

Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, P. Kenneth Seidelmann (ed), University Science Books (1992), Section 12.92 (p604).

Copyright (C) 2013−2018, NumFOCUS Foundation. Derived, with permission, from the SOFA library. See notes at end of file.

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