Merge pull request #221 from arbennett/bugfix/utc_configuration

Bugfix/utc configuration

Author: arbennett

metsim/cli/ms.py

@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ def to_list(s):
     else:
         forcing_files = conf['forcing']
 
-    if ('utc_offset' in conf.keys()
-        and conf['utc_offset'].strip().lower() == 'true'):
-        conf['utc_offset'] = True
-    else:
-        conf['utc_offset'] = False
+    # Ensure that parameters with boolean values are correctly recorded
+    for bool_param in ['utc_offset', 'period_ending']:
+        if (bool_param in conf.keys()
+            and conf[bool_param].strip().lower() == 'true'):
+            conf[bool_param] = True
+        else:
+            conf[bool_param] = False
 
     # Update the full configuration
     conf.update({"calendar": conf.get('calendar', 'standard'),