Re: ut_inv_calendar

From: Mateus Teixeira <mateus.teixeira_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:56:54 -0300

Thanks Dave,

Maybe ut_calendar could have an option equivalent to 0 that returns
integers.

Regards,

2008/7/3 Dave Allured <dave.allured_at_noaa.gov>:

> Mateus,
>
> I think it is usually better to keep unencoded date information as integers
> rather than floats. You can do this in one line when calling ut_calendar:
>
> ymd_hms = floattoint (ut_calendar (time, 0))
>
> Then you do not have to do the multiple reverse conversions for
> ut_inv_calendar. HTH.
>
> Dave Allured
> CU/CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC)
> http://cires.colorado.edu/science/centers/cdc/
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Climate Analysis Branch (CAB)
> http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/
>
> Mateus Teixeira wrote:
>
>> Dear NCL developers,
>>
>> Is it possible modify ut_inv_calendar arguments to numerical type?
>>
>> Sometimes is necessary to convert a set of dates from one time unit to
>> another time unit.
>> Since ut_calendar with 0 option returns float, it would avoid the float to
>> integer conversion to put their information into ut_inv_calendar.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --
>> Mateus da Silva Teixeira
>> Meteorologista
>> Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas - IPMET (www.ipmet.unesp.br <
>> http://www.ipmet.unesp.br>)
>> Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP (www.unesp.br <http://www.unesp.br
>> >)
>> Bauru, SP
>>
>> Registered Linux User #466740
>>
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Mateus da Silva Teixeira
Meteorologista
Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas - IPMET (www.ipmet.unesp.br)
Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP (www.unesp.br)
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