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JPlotResp has problems with empty end dates in StationXML. We should allow this, treating it as currently active. This might mean inserting a far-off date internally like 2599,365.

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From: Renate Hartog <jrhartog@uw.edu>
Subject: Bug report JPlotResp, or feature request..
Date: January 22, 2019 at 10:35:34 AM PST
To: Robert Casey <rob@iris.washington.edu>

Hi Rob,

I was just using JPlotResp to visualize a FDSN StationXML file generated by Caltech (ANSS's) SIS system, and it threw an exception when a channel's endDate wasn't specified.

The FDSN StationXML specification does not make startDate and endDate of a channel required, and it is common practice to omit the endDate when it is currently active.

Would it be possible to modify the code to handle a missing endDate and treat it as meaning "currently active"? Technically, the startDate doesn't appear to be required either, but I don't really see a use case for needing to fix this.

Thanks, Renate
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Renate Hartog
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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of Washington
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