Re: 19990304: Getting the date from this!

On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Unidata Support wrote:

> >To: General Support <address@hidden>
> >From: Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden>
> >Subject: Getting the date from this!
> >Organization: .
> >Keywords: 199903041652.JAA07795
> 
> Hello,
> 
> OK, one more stupid AFOS question and then I'll leave you alone.
> Never mind my post about AFOS changing headers. How do I get the
> date from this, without using %b%d? It's on the second line...
> how do I force it to look there for the date? The manual
> seems to assume the date is always on the first line...

Gilbert,

You only have the AFOS identifier pattern to work with, one can see the
pattern by looking at the results of notifyme or pqutil.  

Robb...
> 
> Gilbert
> 
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> ZCZC CHISWRIL 
> TTAA00 KCHI 041606
> 
> ILLINOIS STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
> 1000 AM CST THU MAR 4 1999
> 
> NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT
> WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY.
> 
> CITY           SKY/WX   TEMP DEWPT RH  WIND    PRES    REMARKS
> 
> ILZ001-002-007-009-015-016-024-041700-
> ...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...
> MOLINE         CLOUDY    31   18   58  SE7     30.14R  WCI 23  TC -1   
> STERLING       PTSUNNY   30   18   60  E3      30.16   TC -1   
> $$
> ILZ003-004-008-010-011-017>018-041700-
> ...NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
> 
> (yadda, yadda, yadda...)
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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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