Add observation date to table output

lsst · Dec 5, 2024 · 1616c8f · 1616c8f
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diff --git a/python/astro_metadata_translator.dist-info/METADATA b/python/astro_metadata_translator.dist-info/METADATA
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Metadata-Version: 1.0
 Name: astro_metadata_translator
-Version: w.2024.48-5-gb0fd641-dirty
+Version: w.2024.48-5-g7012e8d-dirty
diff --git a/python/astro_metadata_translator/bin/translate.py b/python/astro_metadata_translator/bin/translate.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import IO, Any
 
+import astropy.time
 import astropy.units as u
 import yaml
 from astropy.table import Column, MaskedColumn, QTable
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
         "label": "ExpTime",
         "bad": math.nan * u.s,
     },
+    {"attr": "datetime_begin", "label": "Observation Date", "bad": astropy.time.Time(0.0, format="jd")},
 )
 
 
@@ -261,6 +263,9 @@ def _masked(value: Any, fillvalue: Any) -> Any:
             # in a column.
             if issubclass(PROPERTIES[c["attr"]].py_type, u.Quantity):
                 data = u.Quantity(data)
+            elif issubclass(PROPERTIES[c["attr"]].py_type, astropy.time.Time):
+                # Force to ISO string.
+                data = astropy.time.Time(data).isot
 
             if need_mask:
                 data = MaskedColumn(name=c["label"], data=data, mask=mask, format=col_format)