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<p>In the pvd file, which is just an XML metadata file, you will see tags named DataSet that point to the vtu files. The DataSet tag supports a timestep attribute that takes a number that represents the time value. These time values do not have to be integers
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<p>However, the timestep attribute does have to be a number. You will have to convert your time to some seconds/hours/days from some reference point.</p>
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<p>-Ken<br>
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Kenneth Moreland<br>
Sandia National Laboratories<br>
email: kmorel@sandia.gov<br>
phone: (505) 844-8919<br>
web: http://www.sandia.gov/~kmorel</div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="divRplyFwdMsg"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> vtkusers <vtkusers-bounces@vtk.org> on behalf of Chris Marsh <chris.marsh@usask.ca><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 22, 2014 2:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> vtkusers@vtk.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [vtkusers] Timestep name</font>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I have a timeseries of data that I am saving to a set of vtu files. These load in paraview nicely and play as an animation. However, each timestep
corresponds to a date/time (e.g., Oct-01-2010 14:00:00) and I would like this to be displayed. For example, 'Timestep 758' isn't intuitive when dealing with realworld datetimes. </span><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I have tried making a pvd file, but it wasn't not clear how to rename a timestep. </span><br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Is there a way of doing this? </span><br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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