nom.tam.fits

Class FitsDate

java.lang.Object

nom.tam.fits.FitsDate

public class FitsDate
extends Object

Fits date object parsed from the different type of date combinations

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FitsDate(String dStr) Convert a FITS date string to a Java Date object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getFitsDateString()
static String	getFitsDateString(Date epoch)
static String	getFitsDateString(Date epoch, boolean timeOfDay)
Date	toDate() Get a Java Date object corresponding to this FITS date.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FitsDate

public FitsDate(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

getFitsDateString

public static String getFitsDateString()

Returns:

the current date in FITS date format

getFitsDateString

public static String getFitsDateString(Date epoch)

Parameters:

epoch - The epoch to be converted to FITS format.

Returns:

a created FITS format date string Java Date object.

getFitsDateString

public static String getFitsDateString(Date epoch,
                                       boolean timeOfDay)

Parameters:

epoch - The epoch to be converted to FITS format.

timeOfDay - Should time of day information be included?

Returns:

a created FITS format date string. Note that the date is not rounded.

toDate

public Date toDate()

Get a Java Date object corresponding to this FITS date.

Returns:

The Java Date object.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object