Android Long to Date Convert toJulianDay(long epochMillis)

Description

Calculates the astronomical Julian Day for an instant.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
epochMillis	the epoch millis from 1970-01-01Z

Return

the astronomical Julian Day represented by the specified instant

Declaration

public static final double toJulianDay(long epochMillis) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*w ww  . j a va2 s  .c o m*/
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 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Calculates the astronomical Julian Day for an instant.
     * <p>
     * The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day">Julian day</a> is a well-known
     * system of time measurement for scientific use by the astronomy community.
     * It expresses the interval of time in days and fractions of a day since
     * January 1, 4713 BC (Julian) Greenwich noon.
     * <p>
     * Each day starts at midday (not midnight) and time is expressed as a fraction.
     * Thus the fraction 0.25 is 18:00. equal to one quarter of the day from midday to midday.
     * <p>
     * Note that this method has nothing to do with the day-of-year.
     * 
     * @param epochMillis  the epoch millis from 1970-01-01Z
     * @return the astronomical Julian Day represented by the specified instant
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static final double toJulianDay(long epochMillis) {
        // useful links
        // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day#cite_note-13 - Wikipedia
        // http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.php" - USNO
        // http://users.zoominternet.net/~matto/Java/Julian%20Date%20Converter.htm - Julian Date Converter by Matt Oltersdorf
        // http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tc.cgi#top - CalTech
        double epochDay = epochMillis / 86400000d;
        return epochDay + 2440587.5d;
    }
}

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