Name

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    GET_JULDATE

Purpose

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    Return the current Julian Date

Explanation

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    In V5.4, GET_JULDATE became completely obsolete with the introduction
    of the /UTC keyword to SYSTIME(). So GET_JULDATE,jd is equivalent to
    jd = SYSTIME(/JULIAN,/UTC).

Calling Sequence

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      GET_JULDATE,jd

Inputs

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      None

Outputs

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      jd = Current Julian Date, double precision scalar

Example

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      Return the current hour, day, month and year as integers
      IDL> GET_JULDATE, JD ;Get current Julian date
      IDL> DAYCNV, JD, YR, MON, DAY, HOURS ;Convert to hour,day month & year

Method

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      A call is made to SYSTIME(/JULIAN,/UTC).

Revision History

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      Written Wayne Landsman March, 1991
      Converted to IDL V5.0 W. Landsman September 1997
      Assume since V5.4 Use /UTC keyword to SYSTIME() W. Landsman April 2006