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Re: netCDF time representation

Daniel Packman (pack@acd.ucar.edu)
Wed, 12 Feb 92 14:03:40 -0700

>>The requirement to store time to more than 53 bits of precision is separate
>>from data density over that time span.
>
>I'm not sure what your point is, but I'll assume it has something to
>do with the following paragraph.
>
>>[paragraph concerning integer/dble conversion deleted]

My comment referred to your statement about the size of datasets with
2**53 entries. The need to specify time (or other variables) to great
precision is separate from the need to store a great deal of data in a
given dataset.

If what you say is true (and I don't doubt it) about our ability to
exactly recover integers from stored doubles, then using a double for
time does solve *our* problem. Those who really need the extra precision
would still need another solution.