ETUT

Name

etut

Purpose (one Line Only)

Compute ET-UT time offset for a given Julian Date

Description

Calling Sequence

ans = etut(jd)

Inputs

jd - Julian Date (UTC), scalar or vector

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

Outputs

Return value which is the difference of ET-UT for the given JD.

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Needs to have access to the file, leapsec.dat. This file is periodically
updated as new leap-seconds are announced. This file is contained as
part of this library.

Procedure

Modification History

2010/12/02, Written by Marc W. Buie based on a routine provided by
Larry Wasserman which was in turn adapted from a routine
supplied to him by Myles Standish.