Parameter: date_plot

Parameter: 
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 date
Short Description:
 date
Official Name:
 date
No Data Value:
Description:
 

date; generally reported in GMT as YYYYMMDD (year; month; day); also as MMDD (month; day); EqPac dates are local Hawaii time. ISO_Date format is YYYY-MM-DD (http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/iso8601.htm)

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
date_plot
Supplied Units: 
year-month-day
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

sampling date (UTC), formatted to allow sequential plotting of time variable