Package org.orekit.time

Class AbsoluteDate

    • Constructor Detail

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(DateTimeComponents location,
                    TimeScale timeScale)
        Build an instance from a location in a time scale.
        Parameters:
        location - location in the time scale
        timeScale - time scale

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(DateComponents date,
                    TimeComponents time,
                    TimeScale timeScale)
        Build an instance from a location in a time scale.
        Parameters:
        date - date location in the time scale
        time - time location in the time scale
        timeScale - time scale

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(int year,
                    int month,
                    int day,
                    int hour,
                    int minute,
                    double second,
                    TimeScale timeScale)
             throws IllegalArgumentException
        Build an instance from a location in a time scale.
        Parameters:
        year - year number (may be 0 or negative for BC years)
        month - month number from 1 to 12
        day - day number from 1 to 31
        hour - hour number from 0 to 23
        minute - minute number from 0 to 59
        second - second number from 0.0 to 60.0 (excluded)
        timeScale - time scale
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if inconsistent arguments are given (parameters out of range)

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(int year,
                    Month month,
                    int day,
                    int hour,
                    int minute,
                    double second,
                    TimeScale timeScale)
             throws IllegalArgumentException
        Build an instance from a location in a time scale.
        Parameters:
        year - year number (may be 0 or negative for BC years)
        month - month enumerate
        day - day number from 1 to 31
        hour - hour number from 0 to 23
        minute - minute number from 0 to 59
        second - second number from 0.0 to 60.0 (excluded)
        timeScale - time scale
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if inconsistent arguments are given (parameters out of range)

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(int year,
                    int month,
                    int day,
                    TimeScale timeScale)
             throws IllegalArgumentException
        Build an instance from a location in a time scale.

        The hour is set to 00:00:00.000.

        Parameters:
        year - year number (may be 0 or negative for BC years)
        month - month number from 1 to 12
        day - day number from 1 to 31
        timeScale - time scale
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if inconsistent arguments are given (parameters out of range)

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(int year,
                    Month month,
                    int day,
                    TimeScale timeScale)
             throws IllegalArgumentException
        Build an instance from a location in a time scale.

        The hour is set to 00:00:00.000.

        Parameters:
        year - year number (may be 0 or negative for BC years)
        month - month enumerate
        day - day number from 1 to 31
        timeScale - time scale
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if inconsistent arguments are given (parameters out of range)

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(Date location,
                    TimeScale timeScale)
        Build an instance from a location in a time scale.
        Parameters:
        location - location in the time scale
        timeScale - time scale

      • AbsoluteDate

        @DefaultDataContext
public AbsoluteDate​(Instant instant)
        Build an instance from an instant in utc time scale.
        Parameters:
        instant - instant in the time scale
        Since:
        12.1

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(Instant instant,
                    UTCScale utcScale)
        Build an instance from an instant in the time scale.
        Parameters:
        instant - instant in the time scale
        utcScale - utc time scale
        Since:
        12.1

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(AbsoluteDate since,
                    double elapsedDuration)
        Build an instance from an elapsed duration since to another instant.

        It is important to note that the elapsed duration is not the difference between two readings on a time scale. As an example, the duration between the two instants leading to the readings 2005-12-31T23:59:59 and 2006-01-01T00:00:00 in the UTC time scale is not 1 second, but a stop watch would have measured an elapsed duration of 2 seconds between these two instances because a leap second was introduced at the end of 2005 in this time scale.

        This constructor is the reverse of the durationFrom(AbsoluteDate) method.

        Parameters:
        since - start instant of the measured duration
        elapsedDuration - physically elapsed duration from the since instant, as measured in a regular time scale
        See Also:
        durationFrom(AbsoluteDate)

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(AbsoluteDate since,
                    long elapsedDuration,
                    TimeUnit timeUnit)
        Build an instance from an elapsed duration since to another instant.

        It is important to note that the elapsed duration is not the difference between two readings on a time scale. As an example, the duration between the two instants leading to the readings 2005-12-31T23:59:59 and 2006-01-01T00:00:00 in the UTC time scale is not 1 second, but a stop watch would have measured an elapsed duration of 2 seconds between these two instances because a leap second was introduced at the end of 2005 in this time scale.

        This constructor is the reverse of the durationFrom(AbsoluteDate, TimeUnit) method.

        Parameters:
        since - start instant of the measured duration
        elapsedDuration - physically elapsed duration from the since instant, as measured in a regular time scale
        timeUnit - TimeUnit of the elapsedDuration
        Since:
        12.1
        See Also:
        durationFrom(AbsoluteDate, TimeUnit)

      • AbsoluteDate

        public AbsoluteDate​(AbsoluteDate reference,
                    double apparentOffset,
                    TimeScale timeScale)
        Build an instance from an apparent clock offset with respect to another instant in the perspective of a specific time scale.

        It is important to note that the apparent clock offset is the difference between two readings on a time scale and not an elapsed duration. As an example, the apparent clock offset between the two instants leading to the readings 2005-12-31T23:59:59 and 2006-01-01T00:00:00 in the UTC time scale is 1 second, but the elapsed duration is 2 seconds because a leap second has been introduced at the end of 2005 in this time scale.

        This constructor is the reverse of the offsetFrom(AbsoluteDate, TimeScale) method.

        Parameters:
        reference - reference instant
        apparentOffset - apparent clock offset from the reference instant (difference between two readings in the specified time scale)
        timeScale - time scale with respect to which the offset is defined
        See Also:
        offsetFrom(AbsoluteDate, TimeScale)

    • Method Detail

      • parseCCSDSUnsegmentedTimeCode

        @DefaultDataContext
public static AbsoluteDate parseCCSDSUnsegmentedTimeCode​(byte preambleField1,
                                                         byte preambleField2,
                                                         byte[] timeField,
                                                         AbsoluteDate agencyDefinedEpoch)
        Build an instance from a CCSDS Unsegmented Time Code (CUC).

        CCSDS Unsegmented Time Code is defined in the blue book: CCSDS Time Code Format (CCSDS 301.0-B-4) published in November 2010

        If the date to be parsed is formatted using version 3 of the standard (CCSDS 301.0-B-3 published in 2002) or if the extension of the preamble field introduced in version 4 of the standard is not used, then the preambleField2 parameter can be set to 0.

        This method uses the default data context if the CCSDS epoch is used.

        Parameters:
        preambleField1 - first byte of the field specifying the format, often not transmitted in data interfaces, as it is constant for a given data interface
        preambleField2 - second byte of the field specifying the format (added in revision 4 of the CCSDS standard in 2010), often not transmitted in data interfaces, as it is constant for a given data interface (value ignored if presence not signaled in preambleField1)
        timeField - byte array containing the time code
        agencyDefinedEpoch - reference epoch, ignored if the preamble field specifies the CCSDS reference epoch is used (and hence may be null in this case)
        Returns:
        an instance corresponding to the specified date
        See Also:
        parseCCSDSUnsegmentedTimeCode(byte, byte, byte[], AbsoluteDate, AbsoluteDate)

      • parseCCSDSUnsegmentedTimeCode

        public static AbsoluteDate parseCCSDSUnsegmentedTimeCode​(byte preambleField1,
                                                         byte preambleField2,
                                                         byte[] timeField,
                                                         AbsoluteDate agencyDefinedEpoch,
                                                         AbsoluteDate ccsdsEpoch)
        Build an instance from a CCSDS Unsegmented Time Code (CUC).

        CCSDS Unsegmented Time Code is defined in the blue book: CCSDS Time Code Format (CCSDS 301.0-B-4) published in November 2010

        If the date to be parsed is formatted using version 3 of the standard (CCSDS 301.0-B-3 published in 2002) or if the extension of the preamble field introduced in version 4 of the standard is not used, then the preambleField2 parameter can be set to 0.

        Parameters:
        preambleField1 - first byte of the field specifying the format, often not transmitted in data interfaces, as it is constant for a given data interface
        preambleField2 - second byte of the field specifying the format (added in revision 4 of the CCSDS standard in 2010), often not transmitted in data interfaces, as it is constant for a given data interface (value ignored if presence not signaled in preambleField1)
        timeField - byte array containing the time code
        agencyDefinedEpoch - reference epoch, ignored if the preamble field specifies the CCSDS reference epoch is used (and hence may be null in this case)
        ccsdsEpoch - reference epoch, ignored if the preamble field specifies the agency epoch is used.
        Returns:
        an instance corresponding to the specified date
        Since:
        10.1

      • parseCCSDSDaySegmentedTimeCode

        @DefaultDataContext
public static AbsoluteDate parseCCSDSDaySegmentedTimeCode​(byte preambleField,
                                                          byte[] timeField,
                                                          DateComponents agencyDefinedEpoch)
        Build an instance from a CCSDS Day Segmented Time Code (CDS).

        CCSDS Day Segmented Time Code is defined in the blue book: CCSDS Time Code Format (CCSDS 301.0-B-4) published in November 2010

        This method uses the default data context.

        Parameters:
        preambleField - field specifying the format, often not transmitted in data interfaces, as it is constant for a given data interface
        timeField - byte array containing the time code
        agencyDefinedEpoch - reference epoch, ignored if the preamble field specifies the CCSDS reference epoch is used (and hence may be null in this case)
        Returns:
        an instance corresponding to the specified date
        See Also:
        parseCCSDSDaySegmentedTimeCode(byte, byte[], DateComponents, TimeScale)

      • parseCCSDSDaySegmentedTimeCode

        public static AbsoluteDate parseCCSDSDaySegmentedTimeCode​(byte preambleField,
                                                          byte[] timeField,
                                                          DateComponents agencyDefinedEpoch,
                                                          TimeScale utc)
        Build an instance from a CCSDS Day Segmented Time Code (CDS).

        CCSDS Day Segmented Time Code is defined in the blue book: CCSDS Time Code Format (CCSDS 301.0-B-4) published in November 2010

        Parameters:
        preambleField - field specifying the format, often not transmitted in data interfaces, as it is constant for a given data interface
        timeField - byte array containing the time code
        agencyDefinedEpoch - reference epoch, ignored if the preamble field specifies the CCSDS reference epoch is used (and hence may be null in this case)
        utc - time scale used to compute date and time components.
        Returns:
        an instance corresponding to the specified date
        Since:
        10.1

      • parseCCSDSCalendarSegmentedTimeCode

        @DefaultDataContext
public static AbsoluteDate parseCCSDSCalendarSegmentedTimeCode​(byte preambleField,
                                                               byte[] timeField)
        Build an instance from a CCSDS Calendar Segmented Time Code (CCS).

        CCSDS Calendar Segmented Time Code is defined in the blue book: CCSDS Time Code Format (CCSDS 301.0-B-4) published in November 2010

        This method uses the default data context.

        Parameters:
        preambleField - field specifying the format, often not transmitted in data interfaces, as it is constant for a given data interface
        timeField - byte array containing the time code
        Returns:
        an instance corresponding to the specified date
        See Also:
        parseCCSDSCalendarSegmentedTimeCode(byte, byte[], TimeScale)

      • parseCCSDSCalendarSegmentedTimeCode

        public static AbsoluteDate parseCCSDSCalendarSegmentedTimeCode​(byte preambleField,
                                                               byte[] timeField,
                                                               TimeScale utc)
        Build an instance from a CCSDS Calendar Segmented Time Code (CCS).

        CCSDS Calendar Segmented Time Code is defined in the blue book: CCSDS Time Code Format (CCSDS 301.0-B-4) published in November 2010

        Parameters:
        preambleField - field specifying the format, often not transmitted in data interfaces, as it is constant for a given data interface
        timeField - byte array containing the time code
        utc - time scale used to compute date and time components.
        Returns:
        an instance corresponding to the specified date
        Since:
        10.1

      • createJDDate

        public static AbsoluteDate createJDDate​(int jd,
                                        double secondsSinceNoon,
                                        TimeScale timeScale)
        Build an instance corresponding to a Julian Day date.
        Parameters:
        jd - Julian day
        secondsSinceNoon - seconds in the Julian day (BEWARE, Julian days start at noon, so 0.0 is noon)
        timeScale - time scale in which the seconds in day are defined
        Returns:
        a new instant

      • createJDDate

        public static AbsoluteDate createJDDate​(int jd,
                                        double secondsSinceNoon,
                                        TimeScale timeScale,
                                        TimeScale pivotTimeScale)
        Build an instance corresponding to a Julian Day date.

        This function should be preferred to createMJDDate(int, double, TimeScale) when the target time scale has a non-constant offset with respect to TAI.

        The idea is to introduce a pivot time scale that is close to the target time scale but has a constant bias with TAI.

        For example, to get a date from an MJD in TDB time scale, it's advised to use the TT time scale as a pivot scale. TT is very close to TDB and has constant offset to TAI.

        Parameters:
        jd - Julian day
        secondsSinceNoon - seconds in the Julian day (BEWARE, Julian days start at noon, so 0.0 is noon)
        timeScale - timescale in which the seconds in day are defined
        pivotTimeScale - pivot timescale used as intermediate timescale
        Returns:
        a new instant

      • createMJDDate

        public static AbsoluteDate createMJDDate​(int mjd,
                                         double secondsInDay,
                                         TimeScale timeScale)
                                  throws OrekitIllegalArgumentException
        Build an instance corresponding to a Modified Julian Day date.
        Parameters:
        mjd - modified Julian day
        secondsInDay - seconds in the day
        timeScale - time scale in which the seconds in day are defined
        Returns:
        a new instant
        Throws:
        OrekitIllegalArgumentException - if seconds number is out of range

      • shiftedBy

        public AbsoluteDate shiftedBy​(long dt,
                              TimeUnit timeUnit)
        Get a time-shifted date.

        Calling this method is equivalent to call new AbsoluteDate(this, shift, timeUnit).

        Parameters:
        dt - time shift in time units
        timeUnit - TimeUnit of the shift
        Returns:
        a new date, shifted with respect to instance (which is immutable)
        Since:
        12.1

      • durationFrom

        public double durationFrom​(AbsoluteDate instant)
        Compute the physically elapsed duration between two instants.

        The returned duration is the number of seconds physically elapsed between the two instants, measured in a regular time scale with respect to surface of the Earth (i.e either the TAI scale, the TT scale or the GPS scale). It is the only method that gives a duration with a physical meaning.

        This method gives the same result (with less computation) as calling offsetFrom(AbsoluteDate, TimeScale) with a second argument set to one of the regular scales cited above.

        This method is the reverse of the AbsoluteDate(AbsoluteDate, double) constructor.

        Parameters:
        instant - instant to subtract from the instance
        Returns:
        offset in seconds between the two instants (positive if the instance is posterior to the argument)
        See Also:
        offsetFrom(AbsoluteDate, TimeScale), AbsoluteDate(AbsoluteDate, double)

      • durationFrom

        public long durationFrom​(AbsoluteDate instant,
                         TimeUnit timeUnit)
        Compute the physically elapsed duration between two instants.

        The returned duration is the duration physically elapsed between the two instants, using the given time unit and rounded to the nearest integer, measured in a regular time scale with respect to surface of the Earth (i.e either the TAI scale, the TT scale or the GPS scale). It is the only method that gives a duration with a physical meaning.

        This method is the reverse of the AbsoluteDate(AbsoluteDate, long, TimeUnit) constructor.

        Parameters:
        instant - instant to subtract from the instance
        timeUnit - TimeUnit precision for the offset
        Returns:
        offset in the given timeunit between the two instants (positive if the instance is posterior to the argument), rounded to the nearest integer TimeUnit
        Since:
        12.1
        See Also:
        AbsoluteDate(AbsoluteDate, long, TimeUnit)

      • offsetFrom

        public double offsetFrom​(AbsoluteDate instant,
                         TimeScale timeScale)
        Compute the apparent clock offset between two instant in the perspective of a specific time scale.

        The offset is the number of seconds counted in the given time scale between the locations of the two instants, with all time scale irregularities removed (i.e. considering all days are exactly 86400 seconds long). This method will give a result that may not have a physical meaning if the time scale is irregular. For example since a leap second was introduced at the end of 2005, the apparent offset between 2005-12-31T23:59:59 and 2006-01-01T00:00:00 is 1 second, but the physical duration of the corresponding time interval as returned by the durationFrom(AbsoluteDate) method is 2 seconds.

        This method is the reverse of the AbsoluteDate(AbsoluteDate, double, TimeScale) constructor.

        Parameters:
        instant - instant to subtract from the instance
        timeScale - time scale with respect to which the offset should be computed
        Returns:
        apparent clock offset in seconds between the two instants (positive if the instance is posterior to the argument)
        See Also:
        durationFrom(AbsoluteDate), AbsoluteDate(AbsoluteDate, double, TimeScale)

      • timeScalesOffset

        public double timeScalesOffset​(TimeScale scale1,
                               TimeScale scale2)
        Compute the offset between two time scales at the current instant.

        The offset is defined as l₁-l₂ where l₁ is the location of the instant in the scale1 time scale and l₂ is the location of the instant in the scale2 time scale.

        Parameters:
        scale1 - first time scale
        scale2 - second time scale
        Returns:
        offset in seconds between the two time scales at the current instant

      • toDate

        public Date toDate​(TimeScale timeScale)
        Convert the instance to a Java Date.

        Conversion to the Date class induces a loss of precision because the Date class does not provide sub-millisecond information. Java Dates are considered to be locations in some times scales.

        Parameters:
        timeScale - time scale to use
        Returns:
        a Date instance representing the location of the instant in the time scale

      • toInstant

        @DefaultDataContext
public Instant toInstant()
        Convert the instance to a Java Instant. Nanosecond precision is preserved during this conversion
        Returns:
        a Instant instance representing the location of the instant in the utc time scale
        Since:
        12.1

      • toInstant

        public Instant toInstant​(TimeScales timeScales)
        Convert the instance to a Java Instant. Nanosecond precision is preserved during this conversion
        Parameters:
        timeScales - the timescales to use
        Returns:
        a Instant instance representing the location of the instant in the utc time scale
        Since:
        12.1

      • getComponents

        public DateTimeComponents getComponents​(TimeScale timeScale)
        Split the instance into date/time components.
        Parameters:
        timeScale - time scale to use
        Returns:
        date/time components

      • getComponents

        public DateTimeComponents getComponents​(int minutesFromUTC,
                                        TimeScale utc)
        Split the instance into date/time components for a local time.
        Parameters:
        minutesFromUTC - offset in minutes from UTC (positive Eastwards UTC, negative Westward UTC)
        utc - time scale used to compute date and time components.
        Returns:
        date/time components
        Since:
        10.1

      • getComponents

        public DateTimeComponents getComponents​(TimeZone timeZone,
                                        TimeScale utc)
        Split the instance into date/time components for a time zone.
        Parameters:
        timeZone - time zone
        utc - time scale used to computed date and time components.
        Returns:
        date/time components
        Since:
        10.1

      • compareTo

        public int compareTo​(AbsoluteDate date)
        Compare the instance with another date.
        Specified by:
        compareTo in interface Comparable<AbsoluteDate>
        Parameters:
        date - other date to compare the instance to
        Returns:
        a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this date is before, simultaneous, or after the specified date.

      • equals

        public boolean equals​(Object date)
        Check if the instance represents the same time as another instance.
        Overrides:
        equals in class Object
        Parameters:
        date - other date
        Returns:
        true if the instance and the other date refer to the same instant

      • isEqualTo

        public boolean isEqualTo​(TimeStamped other)
        Check if the instance represents the same time as another.
        Parameters:
        other - the instant to compare this date to
        Returns:
        true if the instance and the argument refer to the same instant
        Since:
        10.1
        See Also:
        isCloseTo(TimeStamped, double)

      • isCloseTo

        public boolean isCloseTo​(TimeStamped other,
                         double tolerance)
        Check if the instance time is close to another.
        Parameters:
        other - the instant to compare this date to
        tolerance - the separation, in seconds, under which the two instants will be considered close to each other
        Returns:
        true if the duration between the instance and the argument is strictly below the tolerance
        Since:
        10.1
        See Also:
        isEqualTo(TimeStamped)

      • isBefore

        public boolean isBefore​(TimeStamped other)
        Check if the instance represents a time that is strictly before another.
        Parameters:
        other - the instant to compare this date to
        Returns:
        true if the instance is strictly before the argument when ordering chronologically
        Since:
        10.1
        See Also:
        isBeforeOrEqualTo(TimeStamped)

      • isAfter

        public boolean isAfter​(TimeStamped other)
        Check if the instance represents a time that is strictly after another.
        Parameters:
        other - the instant to compare this date to
        Returns:
        true if the instance is strictly after the argument when ordering chronologically
        Since:
        10.1
        See Also:
        isAfterOrEqualTo(TimeStamped)

      • isBeforeOrEqualTo

        public boolean isBeforeOrEqualTo​(TimeStamped other)
        Check if the instance represents a time that is before or equal to another.
        Parameters:
        other - the instant to compare this date to
        Returns:
        true if the instance is before (or equal to) the argument when ordering chronologically
        Since:
        10.1
        See Also:
        isBefore(TimeStamped)

      • isAfterOrEqualTo

        public boolean isAfterOrEqualTo​(TimeStamped other)
        Check if the instance represents a time that is after or equal to another.
        Parameters:
        other - the instant to compare this date to
        Returns:
        true if the instance is after (or equal to) the argument when ordering chronologically
        Since:
        10.1
        See Also:
        isAfterOrEqualTo(TimeStamped)

      • isBetween

        public boolean isBetween​(TimeStamped boundary,
                         TimeStamped otherBoundary)
        Check if the instance represents a time that is strictly between two others representing the boundaries of a time span. The two boundaries can be provided in any order: in other words, whether boundary represents a time that is before or after otherBoundary will not change the result of this method.
        Parameters:
        boundary - one end of the time span
        otherBoundary - the other end of the time span
        Returns:
        true if the instance is strictly between the two arguments when ordering chronologically
        Since:
        10.1
        See Also:
        isBetweenOrEqualTo(TimeStamped, TimeStamped)

      • isBetweenOrEqualTo

        public boolean isBetweenOrEqualTo​(TimeStamped boundary,
                                  TimeStamped otherBoundary)
        Check if the instance represents a time that is between two others representing the boundaries of a time span, or equal to one of them. The two boundaries can be provided in any order: in other words, whether boundary represents a time that is before or after otherBoundary will not change the result of this method.
        Parameters:
        boundary - one end of the time span
        otherBoundary - the other end of the time span
        Returns:
        true if the instance is between the two arguments (or equal to at least one of them) when ordering chronologically
        Since:
        10.1
        See Also:
        isBetween(TimeStamped, TimeStamped)

      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Get a hashcode for this date.
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class Object
        Returns:
        hashcode

      • toString

        @DefaultDataContext
public String toString()
        Get a String representation of the instant location with up to 16 digits of precision for the seconds value.

        Since this method is used in exception messages and error handling every effort is made to return some representation of the instant. If UTC is available from the default data context then it is used to format the string in UTC. If not then TAI is used. Finally if the prior attempts fail this method falls back to converting this class's internal representation to a string.

        This method uses the default data context.

        Overrides:
        toString in class Object
        Returns:
        a string representation of the instance, in ISO-8601 format if UTC is available from the default data context.
        See Also:
        toString(TimeScale), toStringRfc3339(TimeScale), DateTimeComponents.toString(int, int)

      • toString

        @DefaultDataContext
public String toString​(int minutesFromUTC)
        Get a String representation of the instant location for a local time.

        This method uses the default data context.

        Parameters:
        minutesFromUTC - offset in minutes from UTC (positive Eastwards UTC, negative Westward UTC).
        Returns:
        string representation of the instance, in ISO-8601 format with milliseconds accuracy
        Since:
        7.2
        See Also:
        toString(int, TimeScale)

      • toString

        public String toString​(int minutesFromUTC,
                       TimeScale utc)
        Get a String representation of the instant location for a local time.
        Parameters:
        minutesFromUTC - offset in minutes from UTC (positive Eastwards UTC, negative Westward UTC).
        utc - time scale used to compute date and time components.
        Returns:
        string representation of the instance, in ISO-8601 format with milliseconds accuracy
        Since:
        10.1
        See Also:
        getComponents(int, TimeScale), DateTimeComponents.toString(int, int)

      • toStringRfc3339

        public String toStringRfc3339​(TimeScale utc)
        Represent the given date as a string according to the format in RFC 3339. RFC3339 is a restricted subset of ISO 8601 with a well defined grammar. Enough digits are included in the seconds value to avoid rounding up to the next minute.

        This method is different than toString(TimeScale) in that it includes a "Z" at the end to indicate the time zone and enough precision to represent the point in time without rounding up to the next minute.

        RFC3339 is unable to represent BC years, years of 10000 or more, time zone offsets of 100 hours or more, or NaN. In these cases the value returned from this method will not be valid RFC3339 format.

        Parameters:
        utc - time scale.
        Returns:
        RFC 3339 format string.
        See Also:
        RFC 3339, DateTimeComponents.toStringRfc3339(), toString(TimeScale), getComponents(TimeScale)

      • toStringWithoutUtcOffset

        public String toStringWithoutUtcOffset​(TimeScale timeScale,
                                       int fractionDigits)
        Return a string representation of this date-time, rounded to the given precision.

        The format used is ISO8601 without the UTC offset.

        Calling toStringWithoutUtcOffset(DataContext.getDefault().getTimeScales().getUTC(), 3) will emulate the behavior of toString() in Orekit 10 and earlier. Note this method is more accurate as it correctly handles rounding during leap seconds.

        Parameters:
        timeScale - to use to compute components.
        fractionDigits - the number of digits to include after the decimal point in the string representation of the seconds. The date and time is first rounded as necessary. fractionDigits must be greater than or equal to 0.
        Returns:
        string representation of this date, time, and UTC offset
        Since:
        11.1
        See Also:
        toString(TimeScale), toStringRfc3339(TimeScale), DateTimeComponents.toString(int, int), DateTimeComponents.toStringWithoutUtcOffset(int, int)