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[UDUNITS #ODA-678107]: Seeking list of recognized units

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  • Subject: [UDUNITS #ODA-678107]: Seeking list of recognized units
  • Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:14:42 -0600
Hi Catherine,

I've verified that "meters per second per second" and "" work for the
> acceleration


"m/s2", "m.s-2", "m s-2" would also work, if you want symbols.


> and unitless quantities respectively.  Fixing these two solved most of my
> errors, but there is one more puzzler remaining:
>
> How should "seconds since 1970.1.1" be changed to be CF compliant?
>

The UDUNITS package follows the ISO 8601 standard for timestamps, so your
"unit" (it ain't one, really, but that's a story for another time) would be
"seconds since 1970-01-01".

I'd still like to know what a "DN" is.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson
UDUNITS Developer



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ODA-678107
Department: Support UDUNITS
Priority: High
Status: Open
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