Calendars v0.1.2 Calendars.RataDie View Source

Documentation for the RataDie calendar (DR4).

This calendar is based on fixed dates. Its implementation is trivial. The central functions date, from_fixed and to_fixed are simply identity functions. (DR4 10ff)

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Returns a RataDie date from its parts.

Returns the epoch of the RataDie calendar.

Converts source_calendar_date of the source_calendar into the corresponding RataDie date.

Converts the fixed date in to the corresponding RataDie date. (This is an identity function given just for completeness.)

Converts the Julian Day number jd into the corresponding RataDie date.

Returns the keyword used to access data in the DR4 sample data.

Converts jd_date into the corresponding date of target_calendar.

Converts rd_date into the corresponding fixed date. (This is an identity function given just for completeness.)

Converts jd_date into the corresponding Julian Day number.

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Returns a RataDie date from its parts.

Returns the epoch of the RataDie calendar.

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from_date(source_calendar_date, source_calendar)

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Converts source_calendar_date of the source_calendar into the corresponding RataDie date.

Converts the fixed date in to the corresponding RataDie date. (This is an identity function given just for completeness.)

Converts the Julian Day number jd into the corresponding RataDie date.

Returns the keyword used to access data in the DR4 sample data.

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to_date(jd_date, target_calendar)

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Converts jd_date into the corresponding date of target_calendar.

Converts rd_date into the corresponding fixed date. (This is an identity function given just for completeness.)

Converts jd_date into the corresponding Julian Day number.