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#ifndef GPSTK_MJD_HPP
#define GPSTK_MJD_HPP

#include "TimeTag.hpp"
#include "TimeSystem.hpp"

namespace gpstk
{
      /// @ingroup TimeHandling
      //@{

      /**
       * This class encapsulates the "Modified Julian Date" time
       * representation.
       */
   class MJD : public TimeTag
   {
   public:
         /**
          * @name MJD Basic Operations
          */
         //@{
         /**
          * Default Constructor.
          * All elements are initialized to zero.
          */

      MJD( long double m = 0.,
           TimeSystem ts = TimeSystem::Unknown )
            : mjd( m )
      { timeSystem = ts; }

         /**
          * Copy Constructor.
          * @param right a reference to the MJD object to copy
          */
      MJD( const MJD& right )
            : mjd( right.mjd )
      { timeSystem = right.timeSystem; }

         /**
          * Alternate Copy Constructor.
          * Takes a const TimeTag reference and copies its contents via
          * conversion to CommonTime.
          * @param right a const reference to the BasicTime object to copy
          * @throw InvalidRequest on over-/under-flow
          */
      MJD( const TimeTag& right )
      {
         convertFromCommonTime( right.convertToCommonTime() );
      }

         /**
          * Alternate Copy Constructor.
          * Takes a const CommonTime reference and copies its contents via
          * the convertFromCommonTime method.
          * @param right a const reference to the CommonTime object to copy
          * @throw InvalidRequest on over-/under-flow
          */
      MJD( const CommonTime& right )
      {
         convertFromCommonTime( right );
      }

         /**
          * Assignment Operator.
          * @param right a const reference to the MJD to copy
          * @return a reference to this MJD
          */
      MJD& operator=( const MJD& right );

         /// Virtual Destructor.
      virtual ~MJD()
      {}
         //@}

         // The following functions are required by TimeTag.
      virtual CommonTime convertToCommonTime() const;

      virtual void convertFromCommonTime( const CommonTime& ct );

         /// This function formats this time to a string.  The exceptions
         /// thrown would only be due to problems parsing the fmt string.
      virtual std::string printf( const std::string& fmt ) const;

         /// This function works similarly to printf.  Instead of filling
         /// the format with data, it fills with error messages.
      virtual std::string printError( const std::string& fmt ) const;

         /**
          * Set this object using the information provided in \a info.
          * @param info the IdToValue object to which this object shall be set.
          * @return true if this object was successfully set using the
          *  data in \a info, false if not.
          */
      virtual bool setFromInfo( const IdToValue& info );

         /// Return a string containing the characters that this class
         /// understands when printing times.
      virtual std::string getPrintChars() const
      {
         return "QP";
      }

         /// Return a string containing the default format to use in printing.
      virtual std::string getDefaultFormat() const
      {
         return "%.9Q %P";
      }

      virtual bool isValid() const;

      virtual void reset();

         /**
          * @name MJD Comparison Operators
          * All comparison operators have a parameter "right" which corresponds
          *  to the MJD object to the right of the symbol.
          * All comparison operators are const and return true on success
          *  and false on failure.
          */
         //@{
      bool operator==( const MJD& right ) const;
      bool operator!=( const MJD& right ) const;
      bool operator<( const MJD& right ) const;
      bool operator>( const MJD& right ) const;
      bool operator<=( const MJD& right ) const;
      bool operator>=( const MJD& right ) const;
         //@}

      long double mjd;
   };

      //@}

} // namespace

#endif // GPSTK_MJD_HPP
