time attributes in xml metadata

[<linton.corbet@xxxxxxxx>]

I have been encountering a problem with setting up 
netCDF files to use with LAS. 

When i run 
> perl perl/addXml.pl --out_inc perl/template.xml nc_file.xml 
  /../nc_file.nc 

 
nc_file.xml is generated. 
Inside this, i expect to find: 
 
<nc_file_nc_time units="hour" type="t"> 
   <arrange start = "2003-01-01 00:00:00" 
            step = "12" 
            size = "17" /> 
</nc_file_nc_time> 
 
However, some of the attributes get mixed up. What 
i really get is: 
  
<nc_file_nc_time units="12" type="t"> 
   <arrange start = "hour" 
            step = "2003-01-01 00:00:00" 
            size = "17" /> 
</nc_file_nc_time> 
 
Strangley, the latitude and longitude variables 
both turn out ok. 
 
In nc_file.nc the time is as follows: 
 float time(time) ; 
        time:units = "hours since 2003-01-05 00:00" ; 
 
and the file works perfectly with ferret, grads, on it's own. 
>From all angles it is 100% coads compliant. 
The version i am running is
     LAS (Live Access Server) 6.0

So, 
 is there something i can do, or a problem with my netCDF file, 
 that will allow me to generate a properly working xml dataset? 

Regards, 
 Linton.