Re: timestamp and Plain

• To: Steve Emmerson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, VisAD List <visad-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: timestamp and Plain
• From: "John J Brecht" <john.brecht@xxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 13:40:44 -0500

John J Brecht wrote:
> 
> Steve Emmerson wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> > >Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 10:51:23 -0500
> > >From: "John J Brecht" <john.brecht@xxxxxxx>
> > >To: VisAD List <visad-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: timestamp and Plain
> >
> > In the above message, you wrote:
> >
> > > when I open netCDF files I've create using Plain, I get this error:
> > >
> > > Couldn't decode attribute Time:units="s @ -9.783072E8": time unit with
> > > non-timestamp origin
> >
> > I created Plain and I'll look into this problem.
> >
> > Do you encounter this problem when invoking Plain.open(...) on files
> > that were created via Plain.save(...)?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>
> 
> Well, I am using the SpreadSheet to open it.  I'll start digging through
> the code to see what it actually uses to open.  The files are created
> with my own code, and, yes, they are created ultimately with
> Plain.save().

OK, I went through the code, and ultimately, Plain.open(fileName) is
what gets called.

• References:
  • Re: timestamp and Plain
    • From: Steve Emmerson
  • Re: timestamp and Plain
    • From: John J Brecht