problem with year in netcdf file on x86_64

[Arlindo da Silva]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Etienne Tourigny <etiennesky at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> I just tried compiling and running grads-1.9b4 on centos 4.4 x86_64 and
> encountered the following problem with netcdf files:
>
> the dates are messed up, the days appear OK but the year is a huge and
> unrelated number, for example
>
> Time = 21Z31JAN4697254411347429307 to 21Z31DEC4697254411347429307
> instead of
> Time = 21Z31JAN1979 to 21Z31DEC1979
>
> when I open the file, the date is ok but if I use "set t" or "set time"
> commands, the years change to weird values.
>
> I tried various pre-compiled versions of grads (on centos.karan.org), and
> the netcdf utilies seem fine, because the dates appear OK in ncview.  I
> suspect it is related to the 64-bit platform?  Or perhaps udunits? I was
> unable to compile it myself and used the version from centos.karan.org
>
> I would really appreciate any help.
> thanks Etienne
>
Have you tried the v1.9.0-rc1 builds on sf.net:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=161773&package_id=182392
I'd try both i686 and x86_64 builds.

      Arlindo



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