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19990716: McIDAS questions
- Subject: 19990716: McIDAS questions
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 10:55:08 -0600
>From: Harry Edmon <address@hidden>
>Organization: University of Washington
>Keywords: 199907161642.KAA01495 unirec archive date format
Hi Harry-
>1. What is the username and password for the data archive on
>unidata.ssec.wisc.edu?
user: XXXXXX
pass: XXXXXX
>2. In an area file, there is a word (4) that contains the year and julian date
>in the form: YYJJJ. What will this word look like in the year 2000? For
>example, will January 1, 2000 be:
>
> 00001
>
>or
>
> 100001
It will be the latter. Dates in the headers of AREA files will indicate
the (years since 1900)*1000 + the day of the year. See the Y2K Strategy
link on the Unidata McIDAS-X homepage for more details:
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mug/hot_topics/y2k_strategy.html
Don Murray