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[THREDDS #ZMI-588838]: Simple "dateFormatMark" question

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  • Subject: [THREDDS #ZMI-588838]: Simple "dateFormatMark" question
  • Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:42:32 -0600
sorry, dateFormatMark works on the name, not the path, but thats a problem 
since you have the year in the path

i will have to fix that so that it works on the path instead. is this in the 
critical path of something?

> John,
> 
> Actually, the problem seems to be that the "dateForematMark" is
> interpreting whatever comes after the first "#" as a date, which is
> different behavior than the "runDateMatcher", which is matching what
> is between a pair of "#" signs.   And reading the doc, I guess this
> might in fact be the case:
> 
> "A dateFormatMark is used on joinNew types to create date coordinate
> values out of the filename. It consists of a section of text, a '#'
> marking character, then a java.text.SimpleDateFormat string. The
> number of characters before the # is skipped in the filename, then the
> next part of the filename must match the SimpleDataFormat string. "
> 
> So I tried:
> dateFormatMark="c:/data/#yyyy'/his'_MMdd"
> but I'm getting a "string index out of range" error.
> 
> Grrr.....
> 
> -Rich
> 
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Unidata THREDDS Support
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Text can be quoted using single quotes (') to avoid interpretation.
> >
> > so try
> >
> > #/data/#yyyy'/his_'MMdd
> >
> > (but i didnt test it)
> 
> SimpleDateFormat bad = /data/#yyyy'/his'_MMdd Illegal pattern character 'p'
> >
> >
> >> John & Co,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to use "dataFormatMark" to match files like:
> >>
> >> c:/data/2009/his_0101.nc
> >> c:/data/2009/his_0102.nc
> >> c:/data/2009/his_0103.nc
> >>
> >> I've tried:
> >> <aggregation dimName="runtime"
> >> type="forecastModelRunCollection" recheckEvery="10min">
> >> <scan location="c:/data/" suffix=".nc"
> >> dateFormatMark="#/data/#yyyy/his_MMdd"
> >> subdirs="true" olderThan="5 min"/>
> >> </aggregation>
> >>
> >> The "his" text in between the year (yyyy) and the month/day (MMdd) is
> >> a problem that I don't know how to avoid.  Is there a way to use ???
> >> or something to specify characters that you don't want interpreted as
> >> a possible date?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Rich
> >> --
> >> Dr. Richard P. Signell   (508) 457-2229
> >> USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
> >> Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: ZMI-588838
> > Department: Support THREDDS
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Dr. Richard P. Signell   (508) 457-2229
> USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
> Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: ZMI-588838
Department: Support THREDDS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open