Vocabulary

Climate and Forecast Calendars

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http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P37/current/

Description

Terms used by the CF community to describe the calendar systems used for time co-ordinates in CF-compliant data files

Creator

Climate and Forecast Standard Names Committee

Modified

2015-02-19

Version Info

Identifier

P37

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Climate and Forecast Standard Names Committee

Members

Identifier	PrefLabel	Definition	Date
360_day	360_day	All years are 360 days divided into 30 day months.	2015-02-18
365_day	365_day	Gregorian calendar without leap years, i.e., all years are 365 days long.	2015-02-18
366_day	366_day	Gregorian calendar with every year being a leap year, i.e., all years are 366 days long.	2015-02-18
all_leap	all_leap	Gregorian calendar with every year being a leap year, i.e., all years are 366 days long.	2015-02-18
gregorian	gregorian	Mixed Gregorian/Julian calendar, as implemented in the Unidata Udunits software, in which dates prior to 15th October 1582 are assumed to use the Julian calendar. Dates on or after 15th October 1582 are assumed to use the Gregorian calendar.	2015-02-18
julian	julian	Julian calendar.	2015-02-18
noleap	noleap	Gregorian calendar without leap years, i.e., all years are 365 days long.	2015-02-18
none	none	No calendar.	2015-02-18
proleptic_gregorian	proleptic_gregorian	A Gregorian calendar extended to dates before the 15th of October 1582. That is, a year is a leap year if either: (i) it is divisible by 4 but not by 100; (ii) it is divisible by 400.	2015-02-18
standard	standard	Mixed Gregorian/Julian calendar, as implemented in the Unidata Udunits software, in which dates prior to 15th October 1582 are assumed to use the Julian calendar. Dates on or after 15th October 1582 are assumed to use the Gregorian calendar.	2015-02-18