On 3/25/2011 6:36 PM, Benno Blumenthal wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:54 PM, John Caron <caron at unidata.ucar.edu
> <mailto:caron at unidata.ucar.edu>> wrote:
>
> On 3/22/2011 6:53 AM, John Caron wrote:
>> Consider:
>>
>> int time(sample=1001);
>> :long_name = "Measurement time";
>> :standard_name = "time";
>> :units = "days since 1970-01-01";
>>
>> vs
>>
>> int time(sample=1001);
>> :long_name = "Measurement time";
>> :standard_name = "time";
>> :units = "3 days since 1970-01-01";
>>
>> values = 1, 2, 3, ...
>>
>> are these equivalent or does the second one mean every 3 days ?
>> Is the second one illegal ?
>
> Im am going to assume that the second form is illegal, that is,
> you may not have a number in front of the unit in a "time
> coordinate unit" (CF section 4.4)
>
>
> I wish you wouldn't. We use that all the time, though mostly for
> 365_day calendars.
>
> Benno
could you give an example. do you ever use non-integers ?
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