[CF-metadata] udunits handling of fuzzy time units

From: Christopher Barker <Chris.Barker>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:00:51 -0700

On 3/15/11 12:30 PM, tim.nightingale at stfc.ac.uk wrote:

> At the nit-picking level, "day" (and "hour" and "minute") are not
> necessarily stable units either, because of the occasional appearance
> of leap seconds. While this won't be of much concern for many users,
> it can be important for precisely timed data.

well, not stable in the sense that you can add 24 * 60 * 60 seconds to a
datetime and be guaranteed to get the same time the next day, but they
are clearly and consistently defined, are they not?

-Chris

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