Retrieved etpolut.dat file cannot be read by ETERNA

[rwalkerlewis]

Hello,

I am trying to run pygtide on python built from anaconda on ubuntu linux, and every time that a new etpolut1.dat file is pulled, it cannot be read by the included eterna, I believe because it has a space between the beginning of the line and the date. The error produced is as follows (from iPython):

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ValueError Traceback (most recent call last) ~/projects/pygtide/test.py in 7 8 # create a PyGTide object ----> 9 pt = pygtide.pygtide() 10 11 # update the pole coordinates and UT1 time database

~/projects/pygtide/pygtide/pygtide.py in init(self, msg) 138 self.etpolut1_dat_file = str(etpred.params.etpolutdat, 'UTF-8').strip() 139 self.etpolut1_bin_file = str(etpred.params.etpolutbin, 'UTF-8').strip() --> 140 self.etpolut1_start = dt.datetime.strptime(str(etpred.inout.etpol_start), "%Y%m%d") 141 self.etpolut1_end = dt.datetime.strptime(str(etpred.inout.etpol_end), "%Y%m%d") 142

~/.conda/envs/obspy/lib/python3.6/_strptime.py in _strptime_datetime(cls, data_string, format) 563 """Return a class cls instance based on the input string and the 564 format string.""" --> 565 tt, fraction = _strptime(data_string, format) 566 tzname, gmtoff = tt[-2:] 567 args = tt[:6] + (fraction,)

~/.conda/envs/obspy/lib/python3.6/_strptime.py in _strptime(data_string, format) 360 if not found: 361 raise ValueError("time data %r does not match format %r" % --> 362 (data_string, format)) 363 if len(data_string) != found.end(): 364 raise ValueError("unconverted data remains: %s" %

ValueError: time data '1962010' does not match format '%Y%m%d'

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The corresponding initial section of the etpolut1.dat file is as follows:

Date Time MJD x y UT1-UTC TAI-UT1 ["] ["] [sec] [sec] C**** 19620101 000000 37665.000 -0.01270 0.21300 0.032634 9.967366 19620102 000000 37666.000 -0.01590 0.21410 0.032055 9.967945 19620103 000000 37667.000 -0.01900 0.21520 0.031553 9.968447

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Some jimmying with the file has produced a working run, but every update returns to this.

Robert

[xief]

hello

I also have this problem when run test.py on a win 7 platform

[hydrogeoscience]

Please see the new update.