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Re: two issues with julian dates [message #54813 is a reply to message #54812]

Wed, 11 July 2007 15:36

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"Josh" <joshuamontague@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184192703.958890.225080@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com.. .
> On Jul 11, 3:58 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
...
>> IDL> print, julday(11, 18, 2003, 16, 14, 43), format='(F 20.10)
>> 2452962.1768865748
...
> Perhaps it is because it is getting late into the afternoon, but I
> can't use that technique to stuff the new Julian date into a variable,
> correct? If I want to just save that beautifully long number in an
> array, how can I keep it formatted like that?

Yes you can put that into a (double) variable.
It is "formatted" like that. Do not confuse the format of the print
statement,
with the precision of a double variable.

Cheers,
bob

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		Re: two issues with julian dates By: Josh on Thu, 12 July 2007 13:25
		Re: two issues with julian dates By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 July 2007 12:51
		Re: two issues with julian dates By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 July 2007 12:32
		Re: two issues with julian dates By: Josh on Thu, 12 July 2007 11:02
		Re: two issues with julian dates By: Jean H. on Wed, 11 July 2007 15:43
		Re: two issues with julian dates By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 July 2007 15:37
		Re: two issues with julian dates By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 11 July 2007 15:36
		Re: two issues with julian dates By: Josh on Wed, 11 July 2007 15:25
		Re: two issues with julian dates By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 July 2007 14:58
		Re: two issues with julian dates By: Josh on Mon, 16 July 2007 15:11

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