On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:14 PM, John Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > Ive always just worked with the "W3C profile of ISO8601" > > http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime > > So theres the question of supporting full ISO8601, or just a profile.
That looks like a good profile to me -- and documented, and well accepted and broadly used? > If someone knows what the "departures from the reference standard ISO 8601" > that CF has already made, please post. Well, I've seen a lot of datetime without the "T" in between the data and time, which is valid ISO, but not valid in the profile you referenced. This isn't a deviation I know is in use, but I also noticed that in profile referenced, the timezone is specified in hours offset. That could be awkward for "local time" datasets with Daylight savings time -- no way to express "US Pacific time zone", such that DST is accounted for. Granted, DST is a huge pain in the %^#&*, so maybe that's a good thing! -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected] _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
