Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings)

2010-10-23 Thread Steve Hankin
On 10/22/2010 6:13 PM, John Caron wrote: On 10/22/2010 9:46 AM, Julia Collins wrote: Hello, Benno's comment provides a convenient entry point for me to describe a recent problem. On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Benno Blumenthal wrote: Note: if the time zone is omitted the default is UTC, and if both t

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings)

2010-10-22 Thread John Caron
On 10/22/2010 9:46 AM, Julia Collins wrote: Hello, Benno's comment provides a convenient entry point for me to describe a recent problem. On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Benno Blumenthal wrote: Note: if the time zone is omitted the default is UTC, and if both time and time zone are omitted the default is

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings)

2010-10-22 Thread John Graybeal
I can't imagine this change having any traction for the coordinate variable of time, as some of the answers show. However, if one thinks about non-coordinate variables, standard_names of local_time and sidereal_time seem arguably useful. Even allowing for Roy's perfectly valid arguments agai

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings)

2010-10-22 Thread Lowry, Roy K
nates Cheers, Roy. -Original Message- From: cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu [mailto:cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Julia Collins Sent: 22 October 2010 16:46 To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings)

2010-10-22 Thread Julia Collins
Hello, Benno's comment provides a convenient entry point for me to describe a recent problem. On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Benno Blumenthal wrote: Note: if the time zone is omitted the default is UTC, and if both time and time zone are omitted the default is 00:00:00 UTC. To clarify, this is the time

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings)

2010-10-22 Thread Benno Blumenthal
ly used on its own to indicate Zulu/UTC.  Might be wrong > though.) > > Cheers, Jon > > -Original Message- > From: Lowry, Roy K [mailto:r...@bodc.ac.uk] > Sent: 22 October 2010 09:06 > To: Jon Blower; Benno Blumenthal > Cc: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > Subject: R

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings)

2010-10-22 Thread Lowry, Roy K
y K [mailto:r...@bodc.ac.uk] Sent: 22 October 2010 09:06 To: Jon Blower; Benno Blumenthal Cc: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: RE: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings) Hi Jon, Full ISO8601 does carry time zone expressed in hours relative to UT in the syntax

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings)

2010-10-22 Thread Jon Blower
lumenthal Cc: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: RE: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings) Hi Jon, Full ISO8601 does carry time zone expressed in hours relative to UT in the syntax Zx where x is the offset from Zulu at the right-hand end of the string. Che