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19990716: McIDAS questions

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  • Subject: 19990716: McIDAS questions
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 10:55:08 -0600
>From: Harry Edmon <address@hidden>
>Organization: University of Washington
>Keywords: 199907161642.KAA01495 unirec archive date format

Hi Harry-

>1. What is the username and password for the data archive on
>unidata.ssec.wisc.edu?

user: XXXXXX
pass: XXXXXX

>2. In an area file, there is a word (4) that contains the year and julian date
>in the form:  YYJJJ.  What will this word look like in the year 2000?  For
>example, will January 1, 2000 be:
>
>       00001
>
>or
>
>       100001

It will be the latter.  Dates in the headers of AREA files will indicate
the (years since 1900)*1000 + the day of the year.  See the Y2K Strategy
link on the Unidata McIDAS-X homepage for more details:

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mug/hot_topics/y2k_strategy.html

Don Murray