NAME

       plctime - Calculate continuous time from broken-down time for the current stream

SYNOPSIS

       plctime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, ctime)

DESCRIPTION

       Calculate  continuous  time,  ctime,  from  broken-down  time for the current stream.  The
       broken-down time is specified by the following parameters: year, month,  day,  hour,  min,
       and sec. This function is the inverse of plbtime(3plplot).

       The  PLplot  definition of broken-down time is a calendar time that completely ignores all
       time zone offsets, i.e., it is the user's responsibility to apply  those  offsets  (if  so
       desired)  before  using the PLplot time API.  By default broken-down time is defined using
       the proleptic Gregorian calendar without the insertion of leap seconds and continuous time
       is defined as the number of seconds since the Unix epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. However,
       other   definitions   of   broken-down   and   continuous   time   are    possible,    see
       plconfigtime(3plplot) which specifies that transformation for the current stream.

       Redacted form: General: plctime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, ctime)

       This function is used in example 29.

ARGUMENTS

       year (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input year.

       month (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input month in range from 0 (January) to 11 (December).

       day (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input day in range from 1 to 31.

       hour (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input hour in range from 0 to 23

       min (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input minute in range from 0 to 59.

       sec (PLFLT(3plplot), input)
              Input second in range from 0. to 60.

       ctime (PLFLT_NC_SCALAR(3plplot), output)
              Returned  value  of  the  continuous  time  calculated  from  the  broken-down time
              specified by the previous parameters.

AUTHORS

       Many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.org/credits.php)  have  contributed  to
       PLplot over its long history.

SEE ALSO

       PLplot documentation at http://plplot.org/documentation.php.

                                           August, 2023                          PLCTIME(3plplot)