Re: Re: ut_inv_calendar

Reading the documentation for ut_calendar, I see that there already
are several other options for specialized result formats. In light
of this and the symmetry issue with ut_inv_calendar, I think it's
reasonable to add option 5 for integers. I would use this option if
available. Thanks to NCL for adding this one.

For options +2/-2 through +4/-4, YYYYMM etc. as type double or
integer, are the time values rounded or truncated? I suggest that
this be added to the documentation.

--Dave

Mary Haley wrote:
>
>
> 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 Meteorol�gicas - 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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