.. C-Munipack - User's manual Copyright 2012 David Motl Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. $Id: jd_converter_dialog.rst,v 1.2 2012/09/01 12:47:00 dmotl Exp $ .. index:: pair: JD converter; dialog .. _jd-converter-dialog: JD converter (dialog) ===================== The "JD converter" dialog allows an user to convert a Julian date into a Gregorian calendar date (common date and time) and vice versa. Activating the dialog --------------------- The dialog can be activated: #. from the main menu: :menuselection:`Tools --> JD converter`. .. index:: pair: Gregorian calender; date Converting Gregorian calendar date to Julian date ------------------------------------------------- .. figure:: images/jdconv_couts1.png :align: center :alt: JD converter dialog Gregorian calendar date to Julian date \(1) Select the direction of the conversion Enter the Gregorian calendar date to the text box (2) in the following form: year-month-day hour:minute:second. The time part is optional. Seconds can contain a fractional part. As you type in the data, corresponding Julian date is updated in the third text box (3). .. index:: pair: Julian; date Converting Julian date to Gregorian calendar date ------------------------------------------------- .. figure:: images/jdconv_couts2.png :align: center :alt: JD converter dialog Julian date to Gregorian calender date \(10) Select the direction of the conversion Enter the Julian date to the text box (11). As you type in the value, corresponding Gregorian calender date is updated in the third text box (12). .. seealso:: :ref:`heliocentric-correction-dialog`, :ref:`air-mass-coefficient-dialog`
