# create a DateTime object from an ISO timestring
my $isostr = '2021-10-09T11:13:57';    # jd 2459496.96802
my $dt     = DateTime::Format::ISO8601->parse_datetime($isostr);
my @phases = phasehunt($dt->epoch);
$logger->info("@phases");
my $start_epoch = $phases[0];
my $end_epoch   = $phases[4];
my $diff        = $end_epoch - $start_epoch;
my $hard_bottom = int($start_epoch);
$logger->info("integer bottom is $hard_bottom");