[ferret_users] How to read ASCII data accurately

[Martin Schmidt <martin.schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I have an ASCII input file. One variable is the Julian day (from 0000) 
and looks like

734707.010069

Reading this with set data/ez I find

list/prec=10 v1

1   / 1:  734707.0000

which is not, what I would like to get.

I am using ferret_v6842_rh5, which should use real*8 accuracy for 
operations.

Is there a way to read ASCII data with the same accuracy?

I do not know, who had the idea to use this far away time origin, the 
data are as they are. Possibly
for compatibility with EXCEL.
For sure, I could edit the input file, remove the first four digits of 
the time variable and add this
after reading the data. This workaround is fine for my example, but for 
a larger project I am interested in a
more general solution with ferret - if it exists.

Many thanks,
Martin Schmidt