Re: ut_inv_calendar

From: Mary Haley <haley_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:53:28 -0600 (MDT)

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008, Mateus Teixeira wrote:

> Thanks Dave,
>
> Maybe ut_calendar could have an option equivalent to 0 that returns
> integers.

In version 5.0.1, ut_calendar will have an "option=5" that is
identical to option=0, except it returns integers. The seconds
values will be truncated.

--Mary

> 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
>>>
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>>>
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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)
> Bauru, SP
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