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# spacepy.pycdf.Library

class `spacepy.pycdf.``Library`

  Abstraction of the base CDF C library and its state.

  Not normally intended for end-user use. An instance of this class is created at package load time as the `lib` variable, providing access to the underlying C library if necessary. The CDF library itself is described in section 2.1 of the CDF user’s guide, as well as the CDF C reference manual.

  Calling the C library directly requires knowledge of `ctypes`.

  Instantiating this object loads the C library, see pycdf - Python interface to CDF files docs for details.

  `call`(*args, **kwargs) | Call the CDF internal interface
  `check_status`(status[, ignore]) | Raise exception or warning based on return status of CDF call
  `datetime_to_epoch`(dt) | Converts a Python datetime to a CDF Epoch value
  `datetime_to_epoch16`(dt) | Converts a Python datetime to a CDF Epoch16 value
  `datetime_to_tt2000`(dt) | Converts a Python datetime to a CDF TT2000 value
  `epoch_to_datetime`(epoch) | Converts a CDF epoch value to a datetime
  `epoch_to_epoch16`(epoch) | Converts a CDF EPOCH to a CDF EPOCH16 value
  `epoch_to_tt2000`(epoch) | Converts a CDF EPOCH to a CDF TT2000 value
  `epoch16_to_datetime`(epoch0, epoch1) | Converts a CDF epoch16 value to a datetime
  `epoch16_to_epoch`(epoch16) | Converts a CDF EPOCH16 to a CDF EPOCH value
  `epoch16_to_tt2000`(epoch0, epoch1) | Converts a CDF epoch16 value to TT2000
  `set_backward`([backward]) | Set backward compatibility mode for new CDFs
  `supports_int8` |
  `tt2000_to_datetime`(tt2000) | Converts a CDF TT2000 value to a datetime
  `tt2000_to_epoch`(tt2000) | Converts a CDF TT2000 value to a CDF EPOCH
  `tt2000_to_epoch16`(tt2000) | Converts a CDF TT2000 value to a CDF EPOCH16
  `v_datetime_to_epoch` |
  `v_datetime_to_epoch16` |
  `v_datetime_to_tt2000` |
  `v_epoch_to_datetime` |
  `v_epoch_to_tt2000` |
  `v_epoch16_to_datetime` |
  `v_epoch16_to_tt2000` |
  `v_tt2000_to_datetime` |
  `v_tt2000_to_epoch` |
  `v_tt2000_to_epoch16` |
  `Library.version` |

  `call`(*args, **kwargs)

    Call the CDF internal interface

    Passes all parameters directly through to the CDFlib routine of the CDF library’s C internal interface. Checks the return value with `check_status()`.

    Terminal NULL is automatically added to args.

    Parameters: | args : various, see `ctypes` Passed directly to the CDF library interface. Useful constants are defined in the `const` module.
    Returns: | out : int CDF status from the library
    Other Parameters:
    | ignore : sequence of CDF statuses sequence of CDF statuses to ignore. If any of these is returned by CDF library, any related warnings or exceptions will not be raised.
    Raises: | CDFError : if CDF library reports an error
    Warns: | CDFWarning : if CDF library reports a warning

  `check_status`(status, ignore=())

    Raise exception or warning based on return status of CDF call

    Parameters: | status : int status returned by the C library
    Returns: | out : int status (unchanged)
    Other Parameters:
    | ignore : sequence of ctypes.c_long CDF statuses to ignore. If any of these is returned by CDF library, any related warnings or exceptions will not be raised. (Default none).
    Raises: | CDFError : if status < CDF_WARN, indicating an error
    Warns: | CDFWarning : if CDF_WARN <= status < CDF_OK, indicating a warning.

  `datetime_to_epoch`(dt)

    Converts a Python datetime to a CDF Epoch value

    Parameters: | dt : `datetime.datetime` date and time to convert
    Returns: | out : float epoch corresponding to dt

    See also

    `v_datetime_to_epoch`

  `datetime_to_epoch16`(dt)

    Converts a Python datetime to a CDF Epoch16 value

    Parameters: | dt : `datetime.datetime` date and time to convert
    Returns: | out : list of float epoch16 corresponding to dt

    See also

    `v_datetime_to_epoch16`

  `datetime_to_tt2000`(dt)

    Converts a Python datetime to a CDF TT2000 value

    Parameters: | dt : `datetime.datetime` date and time to convert
    Returns: | out : int tt2000 corresponding to dt

    See also

    `v_datetime_to_tt2000`

  `epoch_to_datetime`(epoch)

    Converts a CDF epoch value to a datetime

    Parameters: | epoch : float epoch value from CDF
    Returns: | out : `datetime.datetime` date and time corresponding to epoch. Invalid values are set to usual epoch invalid value, i.e. last moment of year 9999.

    See also

    `v_epoch_to_datetime`

  `epoch_to_epoch16`(epoch)

    Converts a CDF EPOCH to a CDF EPOCH16 value

    Parameters: | epoch : double EPOCH to convert. Lists and numpy arrays are acceptable.
    Returns: | out : (double, double) EPOCH16 corresponding to epoch

  `epoch_to_tt2000`(epoch)

    Converts a CDF EPOCH to a CDF TT2000 value

    Parameters: | epoch : double EPOCH to convert
    Returns: | out : int tt2000 corresponding to epoch

    See also

    `v_epoch_to_tt2000`

  `epoch16_to_datetime`(epoch0, epoch1)

    Converts a CDF epoch16 value to a datetime

    Note

    The call signature has changed since SpacePy 0.1.2. Formerly this method took a single argument with two values; now it requires two arguments (one for each value). To convert existing code, replace `epoch16_to_datetime(epoch)` with `epoch16_to_datetime(*epoch)`.

    Parameters: | epoch0 : float epoch16 value from CDF, first half epoch1 : float epoch16 value from CDF, second half
    Returns: | out : `datetime.datetime` date and time corresponding to epoch. Invalid values are set to usual epoch invalid value, i.e. last moment of year 9999.
    Raises: | EpochError : if input invalid

    See also

    `v_epoch16_to_datetime`

  `epoch16_to_epoch`(epoch16)

    Converts a CDF EPOCH16 to a CDF EPOCH value

    Parameters: | epoch16 : (double, double) EPOCH16 to convert. Lists and numpy arrays are acceptable. LAST dimension should be 2: the two pairs of EPOCH16
    Returns: | out : double EPOCH corresponding to epoch16

  `epoch16_to_tt2000`(epoch0, epoch1)

    Converts a CDF epoch16 value to TT2000

    Note

    Because TT2000 does not support picoseconds, the picoseconds value in epoch is ignored (i.e., truncated.)

    Parameters: | epoch0 : float epoch16 value from CDF, first half epoch1 : float epoch16 value from CDF, second half
    Returns: | out : long TT2000 corresponding to epoch.
    Raises: | EpochError : if input invalid

    See also

    `v_epoch16_to_tt2000`

  `set_backward`(backward=True)

    Set backward compatibility mode for new CDFs

    Unless backward compatible mode is set, CDF files created by the version 3 library can not be read by V2.

    Parameters: | backward : boolean Set backward compatible mode if True; clear it if False.
    Raises: | ValueError : if backward=False and underlying CDF library is V2

  `supports_int8`

    True if this library supports INT8 and TIME_TT2000 types; else False.

  `tt2000_to_datetime`(tt2000)

    Converts a CDF TT2000 value to a datetime

    Note

    Although TT2000 values support leapseconds, Python’s datetime object does not. Any times after 23:59:59.999999 will be truncated to 23:59:59.999999.

    Parameters: | tt2000 : int TT2000 value from CDF
    Returns: | out : `datetime.datetime` date and time corresponding to epoch. Invalid values are set to usual epoch invalid value, i.e. last moment of year 9999.
    Raises: | EpochError : if input invalid

    See also

    `v_tt2000_to_datetime`

  `tt2000_to_epoch`(tt2000)

    Converts a CDF TT2000 value to a CDF EPOCH

    Note

    Although TT2000 values support leapseconds, CDF EPOCH values do not. Times during leapseconds are rounded up to beginning of the next day.

    Parameters: | tt2000 : int TT2000 value from CDF
    Returns: | out : double EPOCH corresponding to the TT2000 input time
    Raises: | EpochError : if input invalid

    See also

    `v_tt2000_to_epoch`

  `tt2000_to_epoch16`(tt2000)

    Converts a CDF TT2000 value to a CDF EPOCH16

    Note

    Although TT2000 values support leapseconds, CDF EPOCH16 values do not. Times during leapseconds are rounded up to beginning of the next day.

    Parameters: | tt2000 : int TT2000 value from CDF
    Returns: | out : double, double EPOCH16 corresponding to the TT2000 input time
    Raises: | EpochError : if input invalid

    See also

    `v_tt2000_to_epoch16`

  `v_datetime_to_epoch`(datetime)

    A vectorized version of `datetime_to_epoch()` which takes a numpy array of datetimes as input and returns an array of epochs.

  `v_datetime_to_epoch16`(datetime)

    A vectorized version of `datetime_to_epoch16()` which takes a numpy array of datetimes as input and returns an array of epoch16.

  `v_datetime_to_tt2000`(datetime)

    A vectorized version of `datetime_to_tt2000()` which takes a numpy array of datetimes as input and returns an array of TT2000.

  `v_epoch_to_datetime`(epoch)

    A vectorized version of `epoch_to_datetime()` which takes a numpy array of epochs as input and returns an array of datetimes.

  `v_epoch_to_tt2000`(epoch)

    A vectorized version of `epoch_to_tt2000()` which takes a numpy array of epochs as input and returns an array of tt2000s.

  `v_epoch16_to_datetime`(epoch0, epoch1)

    A vectorized version of `epoch16_to_datetime()` which takes a numpy array of epoch16 as input and returns an array of datetimes. An epoch16 is a pair of doubles; the input array’s last dimension must be two (and the returned array will have one fewer dimension).

  `v_epoch16_to_tt2000`(epoch16)

    A vectorized version of `epoch16_to_tt2000()` which takes a numpy array of epoch16 as input and returns an array of tt2000s. An epoch16 is a pair of doubles; the input array’s last dimension must be two (and the returned array will have one fewer dimension).

  `v_tt2000_to_datetime`(tt2000)

    A vectorized version of `tt2000_to_datetime()` which takes a numpy array of tt2000 as input and returns an array of datetimes.

  `v_tt2000_to_epoch`(tt2000)

    A vectorized version of `tt2000_to_epoch()` which takes a numpy array of tt2000 as input and returns an array of epochs.

  `v_tt2000_to_epoch16`(tt2000)

    A vectorized version of `tt2000_to_epoch16()` which takes a numpy array of tt2000 as input and returns an array of epoch16.

  `version`

    Version of the CDF library, (version, release, increment, subincrement)

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