TTScale.java

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package org.orekit.time;

/** Terrestrial Time as defined by IAU(1991) recommendation IV.
 * <p>Coordinate time at the surface of the Earth. IT is the
 * successor of Ephemeris Time TE.</p>
 * <p>By convention, TT = TAI + 32.184 s.</p>
 * <p>This is intended to be accessed thanks to the {@link TimeScalesFactory} class,
 * so there is no public constructor.</p>
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 * @see AbsoluteDate
 */
public class TTScale implements TimeScale {

    /** Serializable UID. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20131209L;

    /** Package private constructor for the factory.
     */
    TTScale() {
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double offsetFromTAI(final AbsoluteDate date) {
        return 32.184;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double offsetToTAI(final DateComponents date, final TimeComponents time) {
        return -32.184;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public String getName() {
        return "TT";
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public String toString() {
        return getName();
    }

}