# Julian Day module

The Julian Day calculator module
Julian Day

This module converts between the calendar Date and time, the Julian Day, and the Modified Julian Day. The Modified Julian Day is simply equal to the Julian Day - 2,400,000.5.

To use the module, enter one of the three dates and the corresponding values for the other two date systems will be displayed. You can also set the Date and time to now, by pressing the Now button.

There is a batch mode for this module. To use it, simply generate an input file whose lines each contain a number of values for the input parameter: Date and time, Julian day or Modified Julian day. Then specify the input and output filenames, and press the Compute button to generate the output file. The output file will contains values for the other two complementary parameters. For example, if your input file contains a set of Date and time values, then each line of the output file will contain values for Julian day and Modified Julian day. You can read the output directly in &kstars; by pressing the View output button.

Exercise:

What calendar date does MJD = 0.0 correspond to?