metaInfo() - start/end date about rdwd HOT 7 CLOSED

The dates come from the _Beschreibung_Stationen.txt files, e.g. this one, using the createIndex code.
Essentially, this is a mistake on the DWD side, as far as I can tell.
Any suggestions how to improve the dates are welcome!

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Maybe this could be coupled with the date info from the historical file names. Do you think it's worth the effort?
I remember that the time stamps in the file names did not always match the actually available time series either...

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You could also contact the DWD about this and let me know what they say...
Contact at the end of https://bookdown.org/brry/rdwd/fileindex.html#metaindex

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Hi!
Yes, you are right. In the 'Beschreibung_Stationen' files the dates do not get updated correctly for the different folders. Which is fine, I guess. I only was a bit confused, as I did not work that much with DWD-data and rdwd yet and also needed to look up again what historical, recent and now actually means. Thank you for your answer!

There is just one more thing. Just to make sure I understand correctly. The DWD-inventory I search with the function metaInfo() is not the current one from the DWD server, but an inventory you got some day (rdwd/data/metaIndex.rda - currently last update around first of June), right? And you update this file from time to time when you push to the repository?

Erwin

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Hi Erwin,

You're welcome. Do you think adding columns with date ranges according to filenames would be worth the effort?

Exactly as you say: metaInfo uses the inventory I update every once in a while, lastly on June 2. See https://bookdown.org/brry/rdwd/fileindex.html for more info.

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Hi!

It only would be a small enhancement of the package, I guess. Not sure weather it is worth the effort. Maybe it is better to add a short comment at the end of the output of metaInfo()? When the last inventory update was made? Something like:

"Files and meta information listed are according to the DWD inventory from XX.XX.XXXX.
For a current overview got to/use..."

But this actually is described in the bookdown...

Erwin

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I finally found the time to adress this. The update is coming up :)

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