ncap2 -s 'Times[dimension_name]="2016-05-11_06:00:00 "' in.nc out.nc
For netCDF3 character arrays, pad the value to the size of the
underlying character dimension_name (shown by spaces above).
netCDF4 strings have no such restriction and this will work:
ncap2 -4 -s 'Times="2016-05-11_06:00:00"s' in.nc out.nc
Note the "s" for "string" after the end-quote.
Post followups, if any, here: http://sf.net/p/nco/discussion/9830
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Charlie Zender, Earth System Sci. & Computer Sci.
University of California, Irvine 949-891-2429 )'(