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Hi Garrett, After doing some digging I was able to find access to the model times and the data time. I'm not sure if either of these are really what you want. I haven't been able to find any sort of access to a modification or publish time though. For the model times, it is one of the optional parameters that can be passed in as one of the optional parameters on the request: req = DataAccessLayer.newDataRequest() req.setDataType("gfe") optional = DataAccessLayer.getOptionalIdentifiers(req) print(optional) ====output==== ['parmId.dbId.modelName', 'parmId.dbId.modelTime', 'parmId.dbId.siteId', 'parmId.dbId.dbType'] ============== values = DataAccessLayer.getIdentifierValues(req, "parmId.dbId.modelTime") print(values) ====output==== ['20200317_0600', '20200317_1700', '20200317_0700', '20200317_1500', '00000000_0000', '20200317_0000', '20200317_1200', '20200317_1600', '20200317_0900', '20200317_1300', '20200317_1000'] ============== You could then set the model time by calling req.addIdentifier("paramId.dbId.modelTime", "20200317_0600") for instance, and go from there. The data time I found by: response = DataAccessLayer.getGridData(req) for grid in response: data = grid.getRawData() lons, lats = grid.getLatLonCoords() print('Time : ' + str(grid.getDataTime())) Anyway, I know these don't exactly answer your question. I haven't been able to find any other time values though as of now. Let me know if this is helpful at all, and I might try and use some other resources to learn more about the DAF with relation to GFE data. Thanks. --Shay Carter Software Engineer II UCAR - Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HSO-864729 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.