html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/1324#issuecomment-348967433,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/1324,348967433,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDM0ODk2NzQzMw==,6894066,2017-12-04T13:50:42Z,2017-12-04T13:50:42Z,NONE,"Hello, I'm having similar issues. However, I'm creating a dataset from a dict (data are packed in Matlab file). The dataset is ```ds_ivt``` and I have tried: ```python ds_ivt.time.encode['units'] = 'days since 1900-01-01' ``` and ```python ds_ivt.to_netcdf('ds_ivt.nc',encoding={'time':{'units':'days since 1900-01-01'}}) ``` The ```.info()``` method retrieves: ```bash ds_ivt.info() xarray.Dataset { dimensions: lat = 161 ; lon = 291 ; time = 1460 ; variables: float32 lat(lat) ; lat:units = degrees ; float32 lon(lon) ; lon:units = degrees ; datetime64[ns] time(time) ; time:units = days since 1900-01-01 ; float32 iqu(time, lat, lon) ; iqu:units = kg m-1 s-1 ; float32 iqv(time, lat, lon) ; iqv:units = kg m-1 s-1 ; // global attributes: } ```","{""total_count"": 2, ""+1"": 2, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,216626776 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/872#issuecomment-321592640,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/872,321592640,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDMyMTU5MjY0MA==,6894066,2017-08-10T15:49:55Z,2017-08-10T15:49:55Z,NONE,"Could you give an example on how to use this functionality when using faceting plots? For example, I have a 4 column figure and I would like to have the colorbar on top. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,158902764