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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Dates metadata [a single line]


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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/meta/<activity-id>.dates

Style activity first line style, single record, in caps, without tabs

Mnemonic
(ActivityID, Starting(Month/Day/Year, JulianDay), Ending(Month/Day/Year, JulianDay))

Fortran format
(a, t10, i2.2, '/', i2.2, '/', i4.4, t21, '(JD ', i3.3, ') --> ', i2.2, '/', i2.2, '/', i4.4, t45, '(JD ', i3.3, ')')

C format
(%7s %2.2i/%2.2i/%4.4i (JD %3.3i) ---> %2.2i/%2.2i/%4.4i (JD %3.3i))

Purpose temporal domain

Derivative FACS Overview logbook

Example

1 2 3 4 5 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012

L284AN 02/03/1984 (JD 034) --> 03/03/1984 (JD 063)

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