20030715: UDUNITS "hours since 1-1-1"

Bob,

>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:22:26 -0700
>From: Bob Haxo <address@hidden>
>Organization: Carnegie Institution of Washington
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20030715: UDUNITS "hours since 1-1-1"

The above message contained the following:

> Thanks for the information.  I have resolved the issue by porting to IDL 5.6 
> (the current IDL release) the "Udunits/IDL Interface",
> 
> http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/udunits-idl/home.html
> 
> which was coded for whatever IDL release was available in 1999.  RSI does not 
> do a very good job of keeping releases of IDL backwards compatible.
> 
> The "Udunits/IDL Interface" uses the UDUNITS "C" library, so I get the same 
> time when using IDL as Ferret and other programs using the UDUNITS.

I'm glad you were able to find a solution.

> (I have no control over the global climate/weather data sets.  Gotta use what 
> I am given.)

Sounds familiar.

> Thanks again.
> 
> --bob

Regards,
Steve Emmerson