t1= datum('1980-01-01T00:00')
t2= datum('1980-01-02T00:00')
ts= linspace( t1, t2, 1441 )
print ts[0], ts[1], '...', ts[-1]

t1= datum('50 cm')
t2= datum('60 cm')
ts= linspace( t1, t2, 11 )
print ts[0], ts[1], '...', ts[-1]

# note this will use double...
t1= datum('50')
t2= datum('60')
ts= linspace( t1, t2, 11 )
print ts[0], ts[1], '...', ts[-1]

t1= dataset('1980-01-01T00:00')
t2= dataset('1980-01-02T00:00')
ts= linspace( t1, t2, 1441 )
print ts[0], ts[1], '...', ts[-1]

t1= dataset('50 cm')
t2= dataset('60 cm')
ts= linspace( t1, t2, 11 )
print ts[0], ts[1], '...', ts[-1]

# note this will use double...
t1= dataset('50')
t2= dataset('60')
ts= linspace( t1, t2, 11 )
print ts[0], ts[1], '...', ts[-1]