NAME

       getdate - AME

SYNOPSIS

       [-dv][-n dec][-f format] [ra dec sys] itype2otype [date and/or time]

DESCRIPTION

       Convert date and time between various formats

              [-dv][-n dec][-f format] itype2otype @file

              itype: nfd=ISOFITS fd=FITS, dt=yyyy.mmdd, hr=hh:mm:ss, deg=dd:mm:ss

              jd=Julian   Date,   mjd=Modified   Julian   Date   hjd=Heliocentric   Julian  Date,
              mhjd=Modified HJD ep=epoch, epj=Julian epoch, epb=Besselian  epoch  lt=local  time,
              ut=UT, ts=seconds since 1950-01-01 now=current time, ang=fractional degrees

              otype: fd=FITS, dt=yyyy.mmdd, jd=Julian Date, mjd=Modified Julian Date

              hjd=Heliocentric   Julian   Date,   mhjd=Modified  HJD  hr=hh:mm:ss,  deg=dd:mm:ss,
              ang=fractional degrees ep=epoch, epj=Julian epoch, epb=Besselian  epoch  ts=seconds
              since 1950-01-01, tsu=Unix sec, tsi=IRAF sec gst=Greenwich Sidereal Time, lst=Local
              Sidereal Time sec=fractional arcseconds

              @file: First one or two  columns  are  in  itype  format  ra  dec  sys:   Need  for
              Heliocentric conversions

       -a: Append date to input file, if there is one

       -d: Print date without time

       -e: Print output as ET/TDT/TT converting from UT

       -f: Format for output number (C printf)

       -h hours: Longitude in hours, west positive

       -l degrees: Longitude in degrees, west positive

       -m: Replace numeric month with English abbreviation

       -n num: Number of decimal places in sec, epoch, JD

       -s days: Number of days to subtract

       -t: Print time without date

       -v: Verbose