From 8923927c0aa6c04b5056b766b56c949f508dd8fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Arene <arene.marc@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 09:05:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing bug in dt

---
 bilby/gw/detector/interferometer.py | 6 +++++-
 bilby/gw/likelihood.py              | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bilby/gw/detector/interferometer.py b/bilby/gw/detector/interferometer.py
index a56bbb102..dbbbb5629 100644
--- a/bilby/gw/detector/interferometer.py
+++ b/bilby/gw/detector/interferometer.py
@@ -298,7 +298,11 @@ class Interferometer(object):
 
         time_shift = self.time_delay_from_geocenter(
             parameters['ra'], parameters['dec'], parameters['geocent_time'])
-        dt = parameters['geocent_time'] + time_shift - self.strain_data.start_time
+
+        # Be careful to first substract the two GPS times which are ~1e9 sec.
+        # And then add the time_shift which varies at ~1e-5 sec
+        dt_geocent = parameters['geocent_time'] - self.strain_data.start_time
+        dt = dt_geocent + time_shift
 
         signal_ifo[self.strain_data.frequency_mask] = signal_ifo[self.strain_data.frequency_mask] * np.exp(
             -1j * 2 * np.pi * dt * self.strain_data.frequency_array[self.strain_data.frequency_mask])
diff --git a/bilby/gw/likelihood.py b/bilby/gw/likelihood.py
index f950c27ea..326bcbf9d 100644
--- a/bilby/gw/likelihood.py
+++ b/bilby/gw/likelihood.py
@@ -895,8 +895,8 @@ class ROQGravitationalWaveTransient(GravitationalWaveTransient):
         dt = interferometer.time_delay_from_geocenter(
             self.parameters['ra'], self.parameters['dec'],
             self.parameters['geocent_time'])
-        ifo_time = self.parameters['geocent_time'] + dt - \
-            interferometer.strain_data.start_time
+        dt_geocent = self.parameters['geocent_time'] - interferometer.strain_data.start_time
+        ifo_time = dt_geocent + dt
 
         calib_linear = interferometer.calibration_model.get_calibration_factor(
             self.frequency_nodes_linear,
-- 
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