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The input times in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">val</span></tt> must conform to the specified <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">format</span></tt>. The optional <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">val2</span></tt> time input should be supplied only for numeric input formats (e.g. JD) where very high precision (better than 64-bit precision) is required.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>val</strong> : numpy ndarray, list, str, number, or <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">TimeDelta</span></tt> object</p> <blockquote> <div><p>Data to initialize table.</p> </div></blockquote> <p><strong>val2</strong> : numpy ndarray, list, str, or number; optional</p> <blockquote> <div><p>Data to initialize table.</p> </div></blockquote> <p><strong>format</strong> : str, optional</p> <blockquote> <div><p>Format of input value(s)</p> </div></blockquote> <p><strong>copy</strong> : bool, optional</p> <blockquote class="last"> <div><p>Make a copy of the input values</p> </div></blockquote> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="rubric">Attributes Summary</p> <table border="1" class="longtable docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="10%" /> <col width="90%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.time.core.TimeDelta.FORMATS" title="astropy.time.core.TimeDelta.FORMATS"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">FORMATS</span></tt></a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.time.core.TimeDelta.SCALES" title="astropy.time.core.TimeDelta.SCALES"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">SCALES</span></tt></a></td> <td>tuple() -> empty tuple</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="rubric">Attributes Documentation</p> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.time.core.TimeDelta.FORMATS"> <tt class="descname">FORMATS</tt><em class="property"> = {'jd': <class 'astropy.time.core.TimeDeltaJD'>, 'sec': <class 'astropy.time.core.TimeDeltaSec'>}</em><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.time.core.TimeDelta.FORMATS" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Dict of time delta formats</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.time.core.TimeDelta.SCALES"> <tt class="descname">SCALES</tt><em class="property"> = ('tai',)</em><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.time.core.TimeDelta.SCALES" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>List of time delta scales</p> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"><h3>Page Contents</h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">TimeDelta</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <footer class="footer"> <p class="pull-right"> <a href="../_sources/_generated/astropy.time.core.TimeDelta.txt" rel="nofollow">Page Source</a> <a href="#">Back to Top</a></p> <p> © Copyright 2011-2013, The Astropy Developers.<br/> Created using <a href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a> 1.1.3. 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