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; $Id: bin_date.pro,v 1.7 1997/01/15 03:11:50 ali Exp $
;
; Copyright (c) 1992-1997, Research Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
; Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
function bin_date, ascii_time
;+
; NAME:
; BIN_DATE
;
; PURPOSE:
; This function converts a standard form ascii date/time string
; to a binary string.
;
; CATEGORY:
; Date/time functions.
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
; Result = BIN_DATE(Asc_time)
;
; INPUTS:
; Asc_time: the date/time to convert in standard ascii format.
; If omitted, use the current date/time.
; Standard form is a 24 character string:
; DOW MON DD HH:MM:SS YYYY
; where: DOW = day of week, MON = month, DD=day of month,
; HH:MM:SS = hour/minute/second, YYYY = year.
;
; OUTPUTS:
; This function returns a 6 element integer array containing:
; Element 0 = year e.g. 1992
; 1 = month 1-12
; 2 = day 1-31
; 3 = hour 0-23
; 4 = minute 0-59
; 5 = second 0-59
;
; SIDE EFFECTS:
; None.
;
; RESTRICTIONS:
; None.
;
; PROCEDURE:
; Straightforward.
;
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
; Written by: DMS /RSI, Jul, 1992.
; Modified to use STR_SEP function, DMS, Dec. 1995.
; Fixed bug when passed single digit dates
; KDB, Nov, 01 1996
;-
if n_elements(ascii_time) eq 0 then $
ascii_time = systime(0) ;Current time
a_time=strcompress(ascii_time) ; compress all those spaces to 1
s = str_sep(a_time, ' ') ;Separate fields
t = str_sep(s[3], ':') ;Time fields separated by colon
m = where(strupcase(s[1]) eq $ ; = month - 1
['JAN','FEB','MAR','APR', 'MAY', 'JUN', 'JUL', 'AUG','SEP','OCT','NOV','DEC'])
return, [ s[4], $ ;year
m[0] + 1, $ ;Month
s[2], $ ;day
t[0], $ ;Hour
t[1],$ ;minute
t[2]] ;second
end