get_latest_update

spacekernel.iers.get_latest_update() → pandas.Timestamp

Read and return the UTC timestamp of the most recent bulletin update.

This function opens the JSON file at latest_update_path, parses the “latest_update” entry, and returns it as a pandas.Timestamp.

Returns:

pandas.Timestamp

The UTC time when update_bulletins() was last run.

Raises:

IOError

If reading from latest_update_path fails.

KeyError, ValueError

If the JSON is malformed or missing the “latest_update” key.