TimePlotDate¶
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class
astropy.time.
TimePlotDate
(val1, val2, scale, precision, in_subfmt, out_subfmt, from_jd=False)[source] [edit on github]¶ Bases:
astropy.time.TimeFromEpoch
Matplotlib
plot_date
input: 1 + number of days from 0001-01-01 00:00:00 UTCThis can be used directly in the matplotlib
plot_date
function:>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>> jyear = np.linspace(2000, 2001, 20) >>> t = Time(jyear, format='jyear', scale='utc') >>> plt.plot_date(t.plot_date, jyear) >>> plt.gcf().autofmt_xdate() # orient date labels at a slant >>> plt.draw()
For example, 730120.0003703703 is midnight on January 1, 2000.
Attributes Summary
epoch_format
epoch_scale
epoch_val
epoch_val2
name
unit
Attributes Documentation
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epoch_format
= u'jd'¶
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epoch_scale
= u'utc'¶
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epoch_val
= 1721424.5¶
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epoch_val2
= None¶
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name
= u'plot_date'¶
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unit
= 1.0¶
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