[Babase] Re: min_max file attached with daytime column

Karl O. Pinc kop at meme.com
Tue Mar 31 21:17:35 EDT 2009


On 03/31/2009 07:46:47 PM, Jeanne Altmann wrote:
> Susan,
> Can we make a decision about historical data for rain and temp that
> were
> converted from English system to metric and as a result have decimal
> representation that suggests inappropriate precision? Or have we
> missed
> a decision that we already agreed to?
> 
> I now propose that we have rounding to one decimal point on temp and
> integer values on mm.  Thoughts?

I thought this was the approach we reached when we did the initial
design years and years ago.  But, the decimal points remained in
the data so now the rubber meets the road.


Karl <kop at meme.com>
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