pyacs.lib.gpstime.gpsFromUTC

pyacs.lib.gpstime.gpsFromUTC(year, month, day, hour, minute, ssec, leapSecs=30)[source]

Convert UTC to GPS week, seconds of week, GPS day, seconds of day.

Parameters:

  • year (int) – UTC date/time components.

  • month (int) – UTC date/time components.

  • day (int) – UTC date/time components.

  • hour (int) – UTC date/time components.

  • minute (int) – UTC date/time components.

  • ssec (float) – Seconds (and fraction).

  • leapSecs (int, optional) – Leap seconds (GPS - UTC). Default is 30; update as leap seconds change.

Returns:

(gpsWeek, secsOfWeek, gpsDay, secsOfDay).

Return type:

tuple

Notes

GPS time is seconds since 1980-01-06 00:00:00. Week starts Saturday midnight. See http://www.oc.nps.navy.mil/~jclynch/timsys.html. Python uses integer seconds; fractional seconds in ssec are preserved in the return value.