Time Patterns

Click the Time Patterns button to open the Time Patterns Editor window.

Button	Description
	Add one pattern
	Delete selected patterns. Please note to use Ctrl and Shift keys for multiple selection.
	Import a group of patterns
	Export all the patterns

To view or edit the time pattern data, click the button next to the Multipliers field in the Time Pattern Editor.

In VO-SWMM, five types of patterns are supported:

• Monthly: the pattern is defined for the whole year, i.e., Jan, Feb, … Dec
• Daily: the pattern is defined for the whole week, i.e., Mon, Tue, … Sun
• Hourly: the pattern is defined for everyday with a time step of 1 hour, i.e. 12 am, 1 am, …, 11 pm (Note: if a Weekend pattern is used, the pattern on the weekend days will follow the Weekend pattern instead of Hourly pattern)
• Weekend: the pattern is defined for weekend days with a time step of 1 hour, i.e. 12 am, 1 am, …, 11 pm
• Minute5: the pattern is defined for everyday with a time step of 5 min, i.e. 12 am, 12:05 am, …, 11:55 pm (Note: the 5 min pattern cannot be used in a combination with other patterns. If one 5 min pattern is used in the Inflow Editor at a node, other pattern fields should be kept empty in the Inflow Editor)