private void showValuesAsDates(CoordinateAxis axis) {
    String units = axis.getUnitsString();
    String cal = getCalendarAttribute(axis);
    CalendarDateUnit cdu = CalendarDateUnit.of(cal, units);

    try {
      infoTA.appendLine(units);
      infoTA.appendLine(NCdumpW.printVariableData(axis, null));

      if (axis.getDataType().isNumeric()) {
        if (axis instanceof CoordinateAxis2D) {
          showDates2D((CoordinateAxis2D) axis, cdu);

        } else if (axis instanceof CoordinateAxis1D) { // 1D
          showDates1D((CoordinateAxis1D) axis, cdu);

        } else { // > 2D
          Array data = axis.read();
          IndexIterator ii = data.getIndexIterator();
          while (ii.hasNext()) {
            double val = ii.getDoubleNext();
            infoTA.appendLine(makeCalendarDateStringOrMissing(cdu, val));
          }
        }

      } else { // must be iso dates
        Array data = axis.read();
        Formatter f = new Formatter();
        if (data instanceof ArrayChar) {
          ArrayChar dataS = (ArrayChar) data;
          ArrayChar.StringIterator iter = dataS.getStringIterator();
          while (iter.hasNext()) f.format(" %s%n", iter.next());
          infoTA.appendLine(f.toString());

        } else if (data instanceof ArrayObject) {
          IndexIterator iter = data.getIndexIterator();
          while (iter.hasNext()) f.format(" %s%n", iter.next());
          infoTA.appendLine(f.toString());
        }
      }
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      ex.printStackTrace();
      infoTA.appendLine(ex.getMessage());
    }
  }
    public AxisBean(CoordinateAxis v) {
      this.axis = v;

      setName(v.getFullName());
      setCoordVar(v.isCoordinateVariable());
      setDescription(v.getDescription());
      setUnits(v.getUnitsString());

      // collect dimensions
      StringBuilder lens = new StringBuilder();
      StringBuilder names = new StringBuilder();
      java.util.List dims = v.getDimensions();
      for (int j = 0; j < dims.size(); j++) {
        ucar.nc2.Dimension dim = (ucar.nc2.Dimension) dims.get(j);
        if (j > 0) {
          lens.append(",");
          names.append(",");
        }
        String name = dim.isShared() ? dim.getShortName() : "anon";
        names.append(name);
        lens.append(dim.getLength());
      }
      setDims(names.toString());
      setShape(lens.toString());

      AxisType at = v.getAxisType();
      if (at != null) setAxisType(at.toString());
      String p = v.getPositive();
      if (p != null) setPositive(p);

      if (v instanceof CoordinateAxis1D) {
        CoordinateAxis1D v1 = (CoordinateAxis1D) v;
        if (v1.isRegular()) setRegular(Double.toString(v1.getIncrement()));
      }
      isLayer = (null != axis.findAttribute(_Coordinate.ZisLayer));
      isInterval = axis.isInterval();
    }