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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Erik,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>What’s the format of the yyyy, mm, dd? If they are strings, I will type “yyyymmdd = yyyy + mm + dd”; if they are integers, I will try “yyyymmdd = yyyy*10000 + mm*100 + d”. Hope this helps! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yuqiang<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ncl-talk-bounces@ucar.edu [mailto:ncl-talk-bounces@ucar.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Noble, Erik U. (GISS-611.0)[Science Collaborator]<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 12, 2014 10:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> ncl-talk@ucar.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [ncl-talk] date question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hi. If I have a file that gives me dates broken up into different parts, how to I combine them to have an array of single dates (e.g. YYYYMMDD) <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>a = addfile("ERAI_GBI_dates_timeseries.nc","r")<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>yyyy = a->yr<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>mm<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>= a->mon<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>dd<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>= a->day<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>hh<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>= a->hr<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>; how do I combine these to show yyyymmdd?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DejaVu Serif","serif";color:black'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DejaVu Serif","serif";color:black'>- Erik - <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DejaVu Serif","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>