code: def decTimeToDeg(sign_sym, deg, min, sec):
      
      if sign_sym == -1 or sign_sym == '-':
          sign = -1
      else:
          sign = 1
      return dmsToDeg(sign, deg, min, sec)
docs: Convert dec sign, degrees, minutes, seconds into a signed angle in
      degrees.
  
      ``sign_sym`` may represent negative as either '-' or numeric -1.