Re: Time
Daniel Packman (pack@acd.ucar.edu)
Thu, 13 Jan 1994 13:17:42 -0700
nns@noaapmel.gov (Nancy Soreide) write:
> ... our EPS I/O library always returns to the
> calling routines a two-integer array in which the first integer is the
> "true Julian Day Number" with units of days, and the second integer
is
> the number of milliseconds since midnight of the true Julian Day....
We too use the two-integer approach to time. We assign two separate
integer variables "time_day(time)" and "time_msec(time)" that have the
Julian Day and millisecond of day as used above. We too use the millisecond
of day from midnight. Maintaining milliseconds as an integer maps directly
to our satellite data. Our data can cover many years as well. Using
integers means we are assured that all bits of the original information
are preserved.
