%script to check time base of raw MIDAS burst data nc = netcdf('930TBST.CDF'); time = nc{'time'}(:); yr = nc{'time'}.base_date(1); mo = nc{'time'}.base_date(2); da = nc{'time'}.base_date(3); hr = nc{'time'}.base_date(4); mi = nc{'time'}.base_date(5); sc = nc{'time'}.base_date(6); base = datenum(yr,mo,da,hr,mi,sc); close (nc) tdifs = diff(time); [theValues, theCounts]=abundance(tdifs); i450 = find(tdifs==450); next450 = i450+1; t450 = base + time(next450)./86400; str450 = datestr(t450,0)