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[IDV #VQZ-171072]: Changing display of time control

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  • Subject: [IDV #VQZ-171072]: Changing display of time control
  • Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:15:44 -0600
> Hi there,
> 
> I was wondering if there is any way to change the captions at the time
> animation control, this is, instead of displaying something like:
> "0000-00-00 00:00:00Z" could it be changed somehow to: "day-5" ?
> 

Victor,
      We often use ncml to change content of the existing nc file. In your 
case, you can add a new time variable or change the global attribute of start 
time and end time, etc..

      Here is the link for the ncml:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ncml/



Yuan
> This is because my time coordinates are in lags, so I change the attributes
> of my nc-file to something that the IDV can understand but then at the IDV
> I can't change it.
> 
> Please let me know if this is possible.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> 
> Regards
> Victor Torres
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: VQZ-171072
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed