DateRange

class sofia_redux.scan.configuration.dates.DateRange(text)

Bases: ABC

Initialize a date range from a text string.

The date range consists of a start and end date time.

Parameters:

textstr

A date key of the form start–stop where start and stop can be either * indicating no value, an ISOT str or mjd number value, both in the UTC scale.

Methods Summary

copy()	Return a copy of the DateRange object.
parse_range(text)	Parse and apply a string containing the date range.
to_time(thing)	Convert a date-time like object to a consistent time object.

Methods Documentation

copy()

Return a copy of the DateRange object.

Returns:

DateRange

parse_range(text)

Parse and apply a string containing the date range.

Parameters:

textstr

A date key of the form start–stop where start and stop can be either * indicating no value, an ISOT str or mjd number value, both in the UTC scale.

Returns:

None

static to_time(thing)

Convert a date-time like object to a consistent time object.

Parameters:

thingstr or int or float or Time

The object to convert. If a string is used, it should be in ISOT format in UTC scale. Integers and floats will be parsed as MJD times in the UTC scale.

Returns:

timeTime