GRIB2 - Identification Template 1.2

Calendar Definition and Paleontological Offset


Create 07/26/2016


Code Figure Meaning
24 Type of Calendar See (Code Table 1.6)
25-26 Number of Tens of Thousands of Years of Offset
255 Missing

Notes:

(1) The year can be recovered with the formula:
      Year(real/decoded) = Year + 10000 x offset

(2) Years before year 1 shall be coded as defined in ISO 8601 (year 1 is followed by year 0). If applicable, year-1 or before shall be indicated by setting the most significant bit of octets 13-14 and 24-25 to "1" in accordance with Regulation 92.1.5.



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