<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 98.1p1 release (March 2nd, 1998) originally by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>UT date -- column label: DATE</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="UT date -- column label: DATE"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="vol2"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="vol2.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node568.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node566.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node566.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node568.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html8605" HREF="node568.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="icons.gif/next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html8602" HREF="node566.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="icons.gif/up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html8596" HREF="node566.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="icons.gif/previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html8604" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="icons.gif/contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html8606" HREF="node568.html">MJD column</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html8603" HREF="node566.html">Moving objects</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html8597" HREF="node566.html">Moving objects</A> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION003224100000000000000"> UT date -- column label: DATE</A> </H3> Dates can be read by the programs in a variety of formats. To avoid ambiguity, use the first three letters of the month name instead of numerical month designations. The UT date should be stored in a C*16 (or shorter) string. The usual format in ephemerides is that shown above: year, month, day; 11 characters are enough in this case. However, the month, day, and year can be placed in any desired order. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> <I>Petra Nass</I> <BR><I>1999-06-15</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
