BIN_DATE

The BIN_DATE function converts a standard form ASCII date/time string to a binary string.

This routine is written in the IDL language. Its source code can be found in the file bin_date.pro in the lib subdirectory of the IDL distribution.

Examples

Convert a random time of the day to binary:

time = 'WED APR 03 04:04:04 2013'

binTime = BIN_DATE(time)

PRINT, binTime

IDL displays:

2013    4    3    4   4    4

Convert the system time to binary:

result = BIN_DATE(systime(0))

PRINT, result

Syntax

Result = BIN_DATE(Ascii_Time)

Return Value

The function returns a six-element integer array where:

• Element 0 is the year (e.g., 1994)
• Element 1 is the month (1-12)
• Element 2 is the day (1-31)
• Element 3 is the hour (0-23)
• Element 4 is minutes (0-59)
• Element 5 is seconds (0-59)

Arguments

Ascii_Time

A string containing the date/time to convert in standard ASCII format. If this argument is omitted, the current date/time is used. Standard form is a 24 character string:

DOW MON DD HH:MM:SS YYYY

where DOW is the day of the week, MON is the month, DD is the day of month, HH:MM:SS is the time in hours, minutes, second, and YYYY is the year.

Keywords

None.

Version History

See Also

CALDAT, JULDAY, SYSTIME