Truncated Julian day (TJD) <-> Date


Conversion tables for TJD <-> Date :

TJD = MJD - 40000 = JD - 2440000.5
(TJD : Truncated Julian Day; MJD : Modified Julian Day; JD : Julian Day Number *, starts at 12:00 noon UT;
see COM-TN-SYS-DAT-004, 1989-02-14)

* The Julian Date (JD) is the interval of time in days and fraction of a day since 4713 B.C. January 1, Greenwich noon.
The Julian Day Number (also JD) is the integral part of the Julian Date.


Last update of this page 1999-12-06 by Helmut Steinle .
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