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[IDV #ECZ-905264]: ximg files with times before 280 million years

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  • Subject: [IDV #ECZ-905264]: ximg files with times before 280 million years
  • Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:00:45 -0700
Hi Stu,

Just following up to see if this is resolved. Kludging the date (say turning 
years into seconds) sounds like what you did and I cannot offer a better 
suggestion.

-Julien

> Jeff,
> 
> I can get the IDV to show an animation sequence with times > 300 Ma using 
> integer million years rather than years.  A
> sample ximg file is attached.
> 
> Of course this would only allow synchronized views with other data files with 
> the same approach.  That is ok presumably
> since I can't see a need to synchronize ancient plates with weather radar for 
> example.
> 
> Stuart Wier
> 
> 
> Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Hi Stu,
> > The funny thing is I was just talking with Dave Carlson about the geo vs 
> > atm stuff and mentioned that the GEON IDV handled small speeds and big 
> > times just fine.
> >
> > The problem is that in Java dates are stored in a long. The minimum date is:
> > 292269055 BC
> >
> >      SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy G");
> >         Date date = new Date(Long.MIN_VALUE);
> >         System.err.println(sdf.format(date));
> >
> > I really don't know a work around for this.
> >
> > -Jeff
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: ECZ-905264
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: ECZ-905264
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed