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time_to_newtime

Change a "udunits" recognized time unit to a new (different) "udunits" recognized time unit.

Available in version 5.2.0 and later.

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"

	function time_to_newtime (
		time              : numeric,  ; float or double
		new_time_unit [1] : string    
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(time)] :  double or float

Arguments

time

A "udunits" recognized time variable. Must be type "float" or "double".

new_time_unit

A "udunits" recognized string indicating the unit of the new time variable.

Return value

An array of the same size as time: double if time is double; float if time is float.

Description

This function converts the time units using cd_calendar. Useful for making the time variables associated with different variables and files consistent.

Examples

Example 1

Create a new time variable.

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"

  TIME = f->time                                ; hours since 1-1-1 00:00:0.0
  DATE = cd_calendar (TIME, 0)

  new_time_units = "hours since 1800-01-01 00:00"

  time = time_to_newtime(TIME, new_time_units) 

  printVarSummary(TIME)
  printVarSummary(time)

The edited output from the above:


Variable: TIME
Type: double
Total Size: 5968 bytes
            746 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes:   [time | 746]
Coordinates: 
            time: [17067072..17611320]
Number Of Attributes: 6
  units :       hours since 1-1-1 00:00:0.0

-------------------------------------------------
 

Variable: time
Type: double
Total Size: 5968 bytes
            746 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes:   [time | 746]
Coordinates: 
            time: [1297320..1841568]
Number Of Attributes: 2
  units :       hours since 1800-01-01 00:00
  calendar :    gregorian

Example 2

Overwrite the current time variable.