On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:33 AM, Jonathan Gregory >> 2. Allow a suitable string syntax for date/times, probably expressed >> as a profile of ISO8601
..snip... > Obviously opinion is divided on this, if it means allowing time-date coord > variables which are string-valued, as an alternative to the numerical ones. > I'm not convinced this is a good idea. neither am I. However -- we need a datetime string format for the "units since datetime" approach currently used, so better defining the datetime string format for CF is a really good idea anyway. And I agree -- we need to define a standard, not reference or write a library. I do wish we could simply use a subset of ISO -- but it sounds like the default for an unspecified timezone is different than the currently-in-use CF. Darn. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
