casacore::MVTime Class Reference

Class to handle date/time type conversions and I/O. More...

#include <MVTime.h>

Classes
class	Format
	Format structure. More...

Public Types
enum	formatTypes {   ANGLE,   TIME,   CLEAN,   NO_D,   NO_DM,   YMD,   DMY,   DAY,   NO_TIME,   MJD,   DIG2,   FITS,   LOCAL,   USE_SPACE,   ALPHA,   USE_Z,   ISO,   BOOST,   NO_H,   NO_HM,   ANGLE_CLEAN,   ANGLE_NO_D,   ANGLE_NO_DM,   ANGLE_CLEAN_NO_D,   ANGLE_CLEAN_NO_DM,   TIME_CLEAN,   TIME_NO_H,   TIME_NO_HM,   TIME_CLEAN_NO_H,   TIME_CLEAN_NO_HM,   YMD_ONLY,   MOD_MASK }
	Format types. More...

Public Member Functions
	MVTime ()
	Default constructor: generate a zero value. More...
	MVTime (const MVTime &other)
	Copy constructor. More...
MVTime &	operator= (const MVTime &other)
	Copy assignment. More...
	MVTime (Double d)
	Constructor from Double (in MJD) More...
	MVTime (const Quantity &other)
	Constructor from Quantum : value can be an angle or time. More...
	MVTime (const Time &other)
	Constructor from Time. More...
	MVTime (const MVEpoch &other)
	Constructor from MVEpoch;. More...
	MVTime (Int yy, Int mm, Double dd, Double d=0.0)
	Constructor from yy, mm, dd, dd (all dd with fractions allowed) More...
	~MVTime ()
	operator Double () const
	Conversion operator. More...
Double	day () const
	Get value of date/time (MJD) in given units. More...
Double	hour () const
Double	minute () const
Double	second () const
Quantity	get () const
Quantity	get (const Unit &inunit) const
Time	getTime () const
const String &	dayName () const
	Get indicated part of the time/date. More...
const String &	monthName () const
uInt	weekday () const
	Mon = 1; Sun = 7;. More...
uInt	month () const
	Jan =1. More...
uInt	monthday () const
Int	year () const
Int	ymd () const
uInt	yearday () const
uInt	yearweek () const
String	string () const
	Output data. More...
String	string (MVTime::formatTypes intyp, uInt inprec=0) const
String	string (uInt intyp, uInt inprec) const
String	string (uInt inprec) const
String	string (const MVTime::Format &form) const
void	print (ostream &oss, const MVTime::Format &form) const

Static Public Member Functions
static Bool	read (Quantity &res, const String &in, Bool chk=True)
	Make res time Quantity from string. More...
static Bool	read (Quantity &res, MUString &in, Bool chk=True)
static Bool	read (Quantity &res, const String &in, Bool chk, Bool throwExcp)
static Bool	read (Quantity &res, MUString &in, Bool chk, Bool throwExcp)
static const String &	dayName (uInt which)
static const String &	monthName (uInt which)
static Format	setFormat (MVTime::formatTypes intyp, uInt inprec=0)
	Set default format Warning: It is thread-unsafe to print using the setFormat functions because they change a static class member; The only thred-safe way to print a time is to use the print function above; More...
static Format	setFormat (uInt intyp, uInt inprec)
static Format	setFormat (uInt inprec=0)
static Format	setFormat (const Format &form)
static Format	getFormat ()
	Get default format. More...
static MVTime::formatTypes	giveMe (const String &in)
	Get code belonging to string. More...
static Double	timeZone ()
	Get time zone offset (in days) More...

Private Member Functions
void	ymd (Int &yyyy, Int &mm, Int &dd) const
	Get the y,m,d values. More...

Private Attributes
Double	val
	Value. More...

Static Private Attributes
static MVTime::Format	defaultFormat
	Default format. More...
static MVTime::Format	interimFormat
	Temporary format. More...
static Bool	interimSet

Friends
ostream &	operator<< (ostream &os, const MVTime &meas)
	Output a date/time. More...
istream &	operator>> (istream &is, MVTime &meas)
	Input a date/time. More...
ostream &	operator<< (ostream &os, const MVTime::Format &form)
	Set a temporary format. More...

Detailed Description

Class to handle date/time type conversions and I/O.

Intended use:

Public interface

Review Status

Reviewed By:

UNKNOWN

Date Reviewed:

before2004/08/25

Test programs:

tMeasure

Prerequisite

• Quantum
• MVAngle
• ISO8601 standard on dates and time.

Etymology

From Measure, Value and Time

Synopsis

An MVTime is a simple Double for date/time conversions and I/O. Its internal value is in MJD. For high precision the MVEpoch class should be used.
It can be constructed from a Double (in which case MJD are assumed), or from a Quantity (Quantum<Double>). Quantities must be in either angle or time units, or from a MVEpoch
The OS/Time class can be used as both input and output. An MVTime(Time) constructor exists, as well as a Time getTime().
Construction from year, month, day is also supported.
Caution: Dates before 16 Oct 1582 are considered to be Julian, rather than Gregorian
It has an automatic conversion to Double, so all standard mathematical operations can operate on it.
The class has a number of special functions to obtain data:

• Double day() will return value in days
• Double hour() will return value in hours
• Double minute() will return value in minutes
• Double second() will return value in seconds
• Quantity get() will return days
• Quantity get(Unit) will return in specified units (angle(in which case it will be between -pi and +pi) or time)
• uInt weekday() will return day of week (1=Mon, 7=Sun)
• uInt month() will return month (1=Jan)
• Int year() will return year
• uInt monthday() will return day of the month
• uInt yearday() will return day of year (Jan01 = 1)
• uInt yearweek() will return week of year (week containing Jan04 = 1, week start on Monday). The week before the first week will be called 0, contrary to standard practice (week 53/52 of previous year).
• Int ymd() will return yyyymmdd as a single number
• const String &dayName() will return name of day (Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat)
• const String &monthName() will retrun name of Month (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec)

Output formatting is done with the << statement, with the following rules:

• standard output is done in the following format: hh:mm:ss.tt. The number of digits presented will be based on the precision attached to the current stream

• output can be formatted by using either the setFormat() method for global angle format setting, or the output of MVTime::Format() data for a once off change (see later). Formats have a first argument which determines the type (default, if not given, MVTime::TIME, other possibility MVTime::ANGLE (as +ddd.mm.ss.tt..), the second the number of digits wanted (default stream precision), with a value:

  • <3 : hh:: only
  • <5 : hh:mm:
  • <7 : hh:mm:ss
  • >6 : with precision-6 t's added

  comparable for angle;
  Tip: The added colons are to enable input checking of the format; Look at the 'clean' types to bypass them;
  The MVTime::YMD format implies TIME, and will precede the time with 'yyyy/mm/dd/' (or use MVTime::YMD_ONLY to include NO_TIME modifier).
  The MVTime::DMY format implies TIME, and will precede the time with 'dd-Mon-yyyy/'.
  The MVTime::FITS format implies TIME, and will precede the time with 'ccyy-mm-ddT'.
  The MVTime::ISO format implies FITS followed by a Z for the UTC time zone. It uses a space instead of T as separator. It also implies CLEAN. The BOOST format implies DMY and USE_SPACE (space instead of slash between date and time).
  The output format can be modified with modifiers (specify as MVTime::TIME | MVTime::MOD (or + MVTime::MOD)).
  Caution: For overloading/casting problems with some compilers, the use of modifiers necessitates either the presence of a precision (i;e; (A|B, prec)), or an explicit cast: ((MVTime::formatTypes)(A|B)), or make use of the provided TIME[_CLEAN][_NO_H[M]] and ANGLE[_CLEAN][_NO_D[M]];
  

  The modifiers can be:

  • MVTime::CLEAN to suppress leading or trailing periods (or colons for TIME). Note that he result can not be read automatically.
  • MVTime::NO_H (or NO_D) to suppress the output of hours (or degrees): useful for offsets
  • MVTime::NO_HM (or NO_DM), to suppress the degrees and minutes.
  • MVTime::DAY will precede the output with 'Day-' (e.g. Wed-). Space delimiter is used for USE_SPACE.
  • MVTime::NO_TIME will suppress printing of time.

  Output in formats like 20' can be done via the standard Quantum output (e.g. stream << time.get("'") ).

• Available formats:
  • MVTime::ANGLE in +ddd.mm.ss.ttt format
  • MVTime::TIME in hh:mm:ss.ttt format
  • MVTime::[ANGLE|TIME]_CLEAN format without superfluous periods
  • MVTime::[ANGLE|TIME][CLEAN]_NO[D|H][M] in format with leading zero fields left empty.
  • MVTime::CLEAN modifier for suppressing superfluous periods
  • MVTime::USE_SPACE to use a space instead of a slash as delimiter between date and time.
  • MVTime::USE_Z to follow the time by a Z for the UTC time zone.
  • MVTime::NO_[D|H][M] modifier to suppress first field(s)
  • MVTime::DIG2 modifier to get +dd.mm.ss.ttt in angle or time format(i.e. in range -90 - +90 or -12 - +12)
  • MVTime::LOCAL modifier to produce local time (as derived from aipsrc time.tzoffset). In FITS mode the time zone will be appended (as <sign>hh:mm).
    Caution: The adding of the timezone is not part of the FITS standard, but of the underlying ISO standard; It can be used to export local times in standard format;
    

The default formatting can be overwritten by a MVTime::setFormat(); statement; which returns an MVTime::Format structure, that can be used in a subsequent one to reset to previous. The format set holds for all MVTime output on all streams.
Temporary formats (i.e. for one MVTime output only), can be set by outputting a format (i.e. stream << MVTime::Format() <<... ).
Caution: A setFormat() will also reset any lingering temporary format; A setFormat(getFormat()) will reset without changing; Problems could arise in parallel processors;
Input can be read if the values are in any of the above (non-clean) output formats.
For other formatting practice, the output can be written to a String with the string() member functions.
Note that using a temporary format is inherently thread-unsafe because the format is kept in a static variable. Another thread may overwrite the format just set. The only thread-safe way to format an MVTime is using a print or string that accepts a Format object.

Strings and input can be converted to an MVTime (or Quantity) by Bool read(Quantity &out, const String &in) and istream >> MVTime &. In the latter case the actual reading is done by the String read, which reads between white-spaces.
The following input formats (note no blanks allowed) are supported (+stands for an optional + or -; v for an unsigned integer; dv for a floating number. [] indicate optional values. Separating codes are case insensitive), numbers(like yyyy) can be of any length. The separator between date and time part can be a slash (as shown below), a hyphen, or one or more spaces.

• today – (UT) time now
• today/[time] – time on today (0:0:0 if omitted)
• yyyy/mm/dd[/time] – date + time. An omitted date (leading /) will be today + time; an omitted month will indicate use of day number in year (1 == 1/1)
• dd[-]MMM[-]yyyy[/time] – date +time If yyyy <100: around 2000. MMM can be at least first three characters of month name; or a month number (1 == Jan). Omitted month indicates day is day number.
• ccyy-mm-dd[Ttime[Z|+-hh[:mm]]] – new FITS format the 'T' as time separator. Time should be UTC. The 'Z' separator (for UTC) is part of an earlier FITS proposal, and will be recognised for backward compatibility. A signed hh or hh:mm can be present to indicate time zone. This value will be subtracted to give UTC. To recognise this format, the year should be greater than 1000.
  Caution: The time-zone information is not part of the FITS standard, but of the underlying ISO standard;
  

The time can be expressed as described in MVAngle Examples of valid strings:

ToDay         note case independence
1996/11/20    20 November 1996 0h UT
1996/11/20/5:20    20 November 1996 at 5h20m
20Nov96-5h20m     same (again no case dependence)
1996-11-20T5:20    same (FITS format, case dependent)

Example

See synopsis

Motivation

To be able to format date/time-like values in user-required ways.

To Do

• Nothing I know of

Definition at line 270 of file MVTime.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum casacore::MVTime::formatTypes

Format types.

Enumerator
ANGLE
TIME
CLEAN
NO_D
NO_DM
YMD
DMY
DAY
NO_TIME
MJD
DIG2
FITS
LOCAL
USE_SPACE
ALPHA
USE_Z
ISO
BOOST
NO_H
NO_HM
ANGLE_CLEAN
ANGLE_NO_D
ANGLE_NO_DM
ANGLE_CLEAN_NO_D
ANGLE_CLEAN_NO_DM
TIME_CLEAN
TIME_NO_H
TIME_NO_HM
TIME_CLEAN_NO_H
TIME_CLEAN_NO_HM
YMD_ONLY
MOD_MASK

Definition at line 276 of file MVTime.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

casacore::MVTime::MVTime

(

)

Default constructor: generate a zero value.

casacore::MVTime::MVTime

(

const MVTime &

other

)

Copy constructor.

casacore::MVTime::MVTime

(

Double

d

)

Constructor from Double (in MJD)

casacore::MVTime::MVTime

(

const Quantity &

other

)

Constructor from Quantum : value can be an angle or time.

Thrown Exceptions

• AipsError if not a time or angle

casacore::MVTime::MVTime

(

const Time &

other

)

Constructor from Time.

casacore::MVTime::MVTime

(

const MVEpoch &

other

)

Constructor from MVEpoch;.

casacore::MVTime::MVTime	(	Int	yy,
		Int	mm,
		Double	dd,
		Double	d = 0.0
	)

Constructor from yy, mm, dd, dd (all dd with fractions allowed)

casacore::MVTime::~MVTime

(

)

Member Function Documentation

Double casacore::MVTime::day

(

)

const

Get value of date/time (MJD) in given units.

const String& casacore::MVTime::dayName

(

)

const

Get indicated part of the time/date.

static const String& casacore::MVTime::dayName ( uInt  which )

static

Quantity casacore::MVTime::get

(

)

const

Quantity casacore::MVTime::get

(

const Unit &

inunit

)

const

static Format casacore::MVTime::getFormat ( )

static

Get default format.

Time casacore::MVTime::getTime

(

)

const

static MVTime::formatTypes casacore::MVTime::giveMe ( const String &  in )

static

Get code belonging to string.

0 if not known

Double casacore::MVTime::hour

(

)

const

Double casacore::MVTime::minute

(

)

const

uInt casacore::MVTime::month

(

)

const

Jan =1.

uInt casacore::MVTime::monthday

(

)

const

const String& casacore::MVTime::monthName

(

)

const

static const String& casacore::MVTime::monthName ( uInt  which )

static

casacore::MVTime::operator Double

(

)

const

Conversion operator.

MVTime& casacore::MVTime::operator=

(

const MVTime &

other

)

Copy assignment.

void casacore::MVTime::print	(	ostream &	oss,
		const MVTime::Format &	form
	)		const

static Bool casacore::MVTime::read ( Quantity &  res, const String &  in, Bool  chk = True  )

static

Make res time Quantity from string.

The String version will accept a time/angle Quantity as well. It returns False in case of an error. chk=True means that the entire string should be consumed. throwExcp=True means that an exception is thrown in case of an error.

static Bool casacore::MVTime::read ( Quantity &  res, MUString &  in, Bool  chk = True  )

static

static Bool casacore::MVTime::read ( Quantity &  res, const String &  in, Bool  chk, Bool  throwExcp  )

static

static Bool casacore::MVTime::read ( Quantity &  res, MUString &  in, Bool  chk, Bool  throwExcp  )

static

Double casacore::MVTime::second

(

)

const

static Format casacore::MVTime::setFormat ( MVTime::formatTypes  intyp, uInt  inprec = 0  )

static

Set default format
Warning: It is thread-unsafe to print using the setFormat functions because they change a static class member; The only thred-safe way to print a time is to use the print function above;

static Format casacore::MVTime::setFormat ( uInt  intyp, uInt  inprec  )

static

static Format casacore::MVTime::setFormat ( uInt  inprec = 0 )

static

static Format casacore::MVTime::setFormat ( const Format &  form )

static

String casacore::MVTime::string

(

)

const

Output data.

Warning: The first function below is thread-unsafe because it uses the result of the setFormat function which changes a static class member; The other functions are thread-safe because the format is directly given;

String casacore::MVTime::string	(	MVTime::formatTypes	intyp,
		uInt	inprec = 0
	)		const

String casacore::MVTime::string	(	uInt	intyp,
		uInt	inprec
	)		const

String casacore::MVTime::string

(

uInt

inprec

)

const

String casacore::MVTime::string

(

const MVTime::Format &

form

)

const

static Double casacore::MVTime::timeZone ( )

static

Get time zone offset (in days)

uInt casacore::MVTime::weekday

(

)

const

Mon = 1; Sun = 7;.

Int casacore::MVTime::year

(

)

const

uInt casacore::MVTime::yearday

(

)

const

uInt casacore::MVTime::yearweek

(

)

const

Int casacore::MVTime::ymd

(

)

const

void casacore::MVTime::ymd ( Int &  yyyy, Int &  mm, Int &  dd  ) const

private

Get the y,m,d values.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

ostream& operator<< ( ostream &  os, const MVTime &  meas  )

friend

Output a date/time.

Output

ostream& operator<< ( ostream &  os, const MVTime::Format &  form  )

friend

Set a temporary format.

istream& operator>> ( istream &  is, MVTime &  meas  )

friend

Input a date/time.

Member Data Documentation

MVTime::Format casacore::MVTime::defaultFormat

staticprivate

Default format.

Definition at line 442 of file MVTime.h.

MVTime::Format casacore::MVTime::interimFormat

staticprivate

Temporary format.

Definition at line 445 of file MVTime.h.

Bool casacore::MVTime::interimSet

staticprivate

Definition at line 446 of file MVTime.h.

Double casacore::MVTime::val

private

Value.

Definition at line 440 of file MVTime.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• casa/Quanta/MVTime.h