Hi Chris: That info is not there, because we cant always assume that the "reference time" = runtime. We dont yet have aa solution for this. John > Hi Unidata, > > I recently moved from Netcdf-java 4.2 to 4.3, and with the upgrade I no > longer see the global attribute "_CoordinateModelRunDate". > > I'm working with GRIB files such as: > > http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/ruc13/201302/20130205/rap_130_20130205_0000_000.grb2 > > How would I open a file such that this global attribute is > extracted/preserved? Or is there a new place to find or access this > information? > > Thanks for your help, > Chris > > Chris Wynnyk > Senior Multi-Discipline Systems Engineer > The MITRE Corporation | 7515 Colshire Drive | Mail Stop N390 | McLean VA 22102 > 703.983.6531 (o) > 240.997.8651 (c) > address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden> > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: VXK-169107 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: High Status: Open