TimeAttribute#

class astropy.coordinates.TimeAttribute(default=None, secondary_attribute='')[source]#

Frame attribute descriptor for quantities that are Time objects. See the Attribute API doc for further information.

Parameters:

defaultobject: Default value for the attribute if not provided
secondary_attributestr: Name of a secondary instance attribute which supplies the value if default is None and no value was supplied during initialization.

Methods Summary

Convert input value to a Time object and validate by running through the Time constructor.

Methods Documentation

convert_input(value)[source]#

Convert input value to a Time object and validate by running through the Time constructor. Also check that the input was a scalar.

Parameters:

Returns:

out, convertedcorrectly-typed object, bool: Tuple consisting of the correctly-typed object and a boolean which indicates if conversion was actually performed.

Raises: