The purpose of this function is to convert a Julian number into a date string. The format of the string is selected with the `Format` keyword.
Utilities
A string or string array of dates corresponding to the Julian number that is input.
jnumber: in, required, type=long The Julian number that is to be converted. This may be an array of Julian numbers.
format: in, optional, type=integer, default=0 An integer value that selects the date format. Possible values are:: 0: 09 Jan 1951 1: 09 Jan 1951 08:21:10 2: 09 Jan 1951 08h 21m 10s 3: Jan 9, 1951 4: Jan 9, 1951 08:21:10 5: Jan 9, 1951 08h 21m 10s 6: 09 JAN 1951 7: 09 JAN 1951 08:21:10 8: 09 JAN 1951 08h 21m 10s 9: JAN 9, 1951 10: JAN 9, 1951 08:21:10 11: JAN 9, 1951 08h 21m 10s 12: 09 January 1951 13: 09 January 1951 08:21:10 14: 09 January 1951 08h 21m 10s 15: January 9, 1951 16: January 9, 1951 08:21:10 17: January 9, 1951 08h 21m 10s 18: 01091951 19: 09011951 20: 19510109
IDL> jnumber = Julday(8, 9, 1951, 8, 21, 10) IDL> Print, cgJulian2Date(jnumber, Format=1) 09 Aug 1951 12:00:00
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Change History:: Written, 9 January 2013 by David W. Fanning. Added formats 18 through 20. 1 Feb 2013. DWF.
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