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Converting time zone to Mountain Time
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This page shows how to convert time zone from original UTC to Mountain Standard Time.

Merge multiple datasets
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When you run the program (here) that reads the original CSV data and generates a timestamp, the original data placed in the yearly directory is redistributed into each station's directory, as shown below.

.. image:: SRC/folder_info2.png
   :width: 300

Now, we will merge multiple files in each directory and create one file at each station directory.

.. literalinclude:: SRC/awk2.txt
   :lines: 1,2

.. image:: SRC/folder_info3.png
   :width: 300

Conversion of local time from UTC
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Read CSV data
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Check `here <file:///Users/megchika/Box/Study/UCC/sphinx/uccda.0.2/build/html/read_hourly.html#read-data>`__ for how to read the data.

Time conversion
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Specify a time lag (-6 hours) in the subroutine that generates the date and time format from the original "days of the year" and "hour" information.

.. literalinclude:: SRC/convert.MTtime.py
   :language: python
   :lines: 95

.. literalinclude:: SRC/convert.MTtime.py
   :language: python
   :lines: 53-58
   :emphasize-lines: 4

.. note::
   The time conversion does not include daylight savings time adjustment.


Sample program for creating a new MT dated data set
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This program gets a filename under multiple directories (station names) and reads the data in one file in each directory.

.. image:: SRC/folder_info3.png
   :width: 300

Source file: :download:`convert.MTtime.py <SRC/convert.MTtime.py>`