NAME

       plctime - Calculate continuous time from broken-down time for the current stream

SYNOPSIS

       plctime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, ctime)

DESCRIPTION

       Calculate  continuous time, ctime, from broken-down time for the current stream.  The broken-down time is
       specified by the following parameters: year, month, day, hour, min, and sec. This function is the inverse
       of plbtime(3plplot).

       The PLplot definition of broken-down time is a calendar  time  that  completely  ignores  all  time  zone
       offsets,  i.e.,  it  is the user's responsibility to apply those offsets (if so desired) before using the
       PLplot time API.  By default broken-down time is defined using the proleptic Gregorian  calendar  without
       the  insertion  of  leap  seconds  and continuous time is defined as the number of seconds since the Unix
       epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z.  However,  other  definitions  of  broken-down  and  continuous  time  are
       possible, see plconfigtime(3plplot) which specifies that transformation for the current stream.

       Redacted form: General: plctime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, ctime)

       This function is used in example 29.

ARGUMENTS

       year (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input year.

       month (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input month in range from 0 (January) to 11 (December).

       day (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input day in range from 1 to 31.

       hour (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input hour in range from 0 to 23

       min (PLINT(3plplot), input)
              Input minute in range from 0 to 59.

       sec (PLFLT(3plplot), input)
              Input second in range from 0. to 60.

       ctime (PLFLT_NC_SCALAR(3plplot), output)
              Returned  value  of  the  continuous  time  calculated  from the broken-down time specified by the
              previous parameters.

AUTHORS

       Many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.org/credits.php) have contributed to PLplot  over  its
       long history.

SEE ALSO

       PLplot documentation at http://plplot.org/documentation.php.

                                                  October, 2024                                 PLCTIME(3plplot)