Function lupnt::spice::StringToTdb

• Defined in File spice.h

Function Documentation

Real lupnt::spice::StringToTdb(const std::string &str)

Parse a calendar/Julian-date string into ephemeris time (TDB seconds past J2000), via SPICE’s str2et_c.

Accepts the wide range of UTC/calendar/Julian-date string formats supported by SPICE (see the format table in spice.cc); used to convert human-readable epoch strings (e.g. from YAML scenario configs) into the Real t_tdb representation used throughout LuPNT.

Parameters:

str – Time string (UTC calendar, day-of-year, or Julian date)

Returns:

Epoch [s, TDB seconds since J2000]