Re: Percent signs in strings...

[Steve Hankin <hankin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gary,

Have a look at the Ferret FAQ:
http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/FAQ/data_management/equal_months.html
That particular FAQ deals with years of length 360 days, but the
techniques work as well for 365 day years.

	Happy Ferreting

		- steve

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Gary Strand wrote:
> 
> My thanks to spillane and lavelle at PMEL for giving me the solution, namely:
> 
> @DR1@MA70@DR/yr
> 
> Now, for a more complicated question:
> 
> How can I get ferret to use a calendar year of exactly 365 days? For datasets
> that stretch over a couple centuries, ferret's assumption that there's a leap
> year can really mess up the timestamp of specific times, as well as calcula-
> tions of climatologies and the like.
> 
> Any ideas? Thanks!
> --
> Gary Strand
> strandwg@ucar.edu                              http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/ccr/gary

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