iwfm.sim_info

iwfm.sim_info(in_file, verbose=False)

Read simulation input file and return the starting date, ending date and time step of the simulation.

Parameters:

• in_file (str) – IWFM Simulation main input file

• verbose (bool, default = False) – If True, print status messages.

Returns:

• start_date (str) – simulation start date in DSS format

• end_date (str) – simulation end date in DSS format

• time_step (str) – time step in DSS format

Raises:

• FileNotFoundError – If in_file does not exist (via iwfm.file_test()).

• ValueError – If the parsed start_date or end_date does not match the expected MM/DD/YYYY (or MM/DD/YYYY_HH:MM) format.