Date¶

class kanon.calendars.Date(calendar: kanon.calendars.Calendar, ymd: Tuple[int, int, int])[source] [edit on github]¶

Bases: object

Dataclass defining a date.

>>> cal = Calendar.registry["Julian A.D."]
>>> date = Date(cal, (1,2,3))
>>> str(date)
'3 Februarius 1 A.D. in Julian'
>>> date.jdn
1721457
>>> str(date + 1)
'4 Februarius 1 A.D. in Julian'

Attributes

calendar: kanon.calendars.Calendar¶: Calendar used in this date.

ymd: Tuple[int, int, int]¶: Year, month and days, expressed in the specified calendar.

jdn: float¶: Date as a julian day number.

Methods Summary

`days_from_epoch`()	Get number of days from the start of the calendar
`to_calendar`(cal)	Express this date in another calendar.
`to_time`()	Express this date as a `astropy.time.Time` object with `jd` format.

Methods Documentation

days_from_epoch() → float [source] [edit on github]¶: Get number of days from the start of the calendar

to_calendar(cal: kanon.calendars.Calendar) → kanon.calendars.Date[source] [edit on github]¶: Express this date in another calendar.

to_time() → astropy.time.Time[source] [edit on github]¶: Express this date as a astropy.time.Time object with jd format.