Index: pyglider/trunk/pyglider/dbd2asc.py
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--- pyglider/trunk/pyglider/dbd2asc.py (revision 477)
+++ pyglider/trunk/pyglider/dbd2asc.py (revision 487)
@@ -56,5 +56,6 @@
                 dt_str = dt.strftime("_%Y_%m_%d_%H%M")
                 # datetime string added to outfile name for raw2proc 
-                outfile = os.path.join(asc_dir, f + dt_str + '.' + filetype + 'asc')
+                # outfile = os.path.join(asc_dir, f + dt_str + '.' + filetype + 'asc')
+                outfile = os.path.join(asc_dir, f + '.' + filetype + 'asc')
                 cache_dir = os.path.join(asc_dir, "cache")
                 if debug:
Index: pyglider/trunk/pyglider/dbdcopy.py
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--- pyglider/trunk/pyglider/dbdcopy.py (revision 475)
+++ pyglider/trunk/pyglider/dbdcopy.py (revision 487)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
                 infile = os.path.join(fg_dir, f)
                 outfile = os.path.join(bd_dir, f)
-                rc = shutil.copyfile(infile, outfile)
+                rc = shutil.copy2(infile, outfile) # copy file and file stat 
                 if rc:
-                    raise IOError("shutil.copyfile return code: " + str(rc))
+                    raise IOError("shutil.copy2 return code: " + str(rc))
                 else:
                     print " ... Copied ", infile
Index: pyglider/trunk/pyglider/pyglider.py
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--- pyglider/trunk/pyglider/pyglider.py (revision 486)
+++ pyglider/trunk/pyglider/pyglider.py (revision 487)
@@ -46,4 +46,16 @@
     return str
                                                                     
+def dt2es(dt):
+    """Convert datetime object to epoch seconds (es) as seconds since Jan-01-1970 """
+    # microseconds of timedelta object not used
+    delta = dt - datetime.datetime(1970,1,1,0,0,0)
+    es = delta.days*24*60*60 + delta.seconds
+    return es
+
+def es2dt(es):
+    """ Convert epoch seconds (es) to datetime object"""
+    dt = datetime.datetime(*time.gmtime(es)[0:6])
+    return dt
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------    
 # playground
@@ -526,4 +538,15 @@
 def parse_glider_goto_ma(lines, glider):
     data = []
+
+    m = re.search(r'^(# File creation time:)\s*(.*)', ''.join(lines), re.MULTILINE)
+    if m:
+      try:
+          t = time.strptime(m.group(2), "%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S")
+          # the '*' operator unpacks the tuple, producing the argument list.
+          # add 5 hours for GMT 
+          dt = datetime.datetime(*t[0:6]) + datetime.timedelta(hours=5)
+          dt_str = datetime.date.strftime(dt, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")
+      except:  dt_str = None
+
     m = re.search(r'\<start\:waypoints\>(.*)\<end\:waypoints\>', ''.join(lines), re.MULTILINE|re.S)
     latlonstr = m.group(1)
@@ -551,8 +574,10 @@
             lat = None
             lon = None
+        html_str = '<div>'+glider+' goto position at</br> '+ dt_str + '</br>' + \
+                   ll+'</div>'
         if lat and lon:
             data.append({'glider': glider, 
                          'name': '',
-                         'description': '<div><code>'+ll+'</code></div>',
+                         'description': html_str,
                          'lon': lon,
                          'lat': lat})
@@ -629,5 +654,5 @@
     waypoint_line = KML.Placemark(
         KML.name(glider),
-        KML.description(glider+' goto'),
+        KML.description(glider+' latest goto waypoints'),
         KML.styleUrl(linestyle),
         KML.LineString(