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How to Start EnergyPlus Simulation at Custom Hour

I am working to run my EnergyPlus model with a custom weather file. Sometimes this means that I want my simulation to start at 7:00 AM on 1/5 and finish at 7 AM on 1/22

Unfortunately, the simulation seems to fail unless it starts at hour 1 of the day and end at hour 24 of the last day. Does anyone know a way around this?

For example, I can run starting at 1:00 1/5 - 24:00 on 1/22, but if I try to start the weather file at 07:00 1/5 or end at 07:00 1/22, then I get a fatal error from EnergyPlus.

How to Start EnergyPlus Simulation at Custom Hour

I am working to run my EnergyPlus (v8.7) model with a custom weather file. Sometimes this means that I want my simulation to start at 7:00 AM on 1/5 and finish at 7 AM on 1/221/22. Eventually, I would like to do this in OpenStudio as well.

Unfortunately, the simulation seems to fail unless it starts at hour 1 of the day and end ends at hour 24 of the last day. Does anyone know a way around this?

For example, I can run starting at 1/5 1:00 1/5 - 24:00 on 1/22, 1/22 24:00, but if I try to start the weather file at 07:00 on 1/5 or end at 07:00 on 1/22, then I get a fatal error from EnergyPlus.

How to Start EnergyPlus Simulation at Custom Hour

I am working to run my EnergyPlus (v8.7) model with a custom weather file. Sometimes this means that I want my simulation to start at 7:00 AM on 1/5 and finish at 7 AM on 1/22. Eventually, I would like to do this in OpenStudio as well.

Unfortunately, the simulation seems to fail unless it starts at hour 1 of the day and ends at hour 24 of the last day. Does anyone know a way around this?

For example, I can run starting at 1/5 1:00 - 1/22 24:00, but if I try to start the weather file at 07:00 on 1/5 or end at 07:00 on 1/22, then I get a fatal error from EnergyPlus.

How to Start EnergyPlus Simulation at Custom Hour

I am working to run my EnergyPlus (v8.7) model with a custom weather file. Sometimes this means that I want my simulation to start at 7:00 AM on 1/5 and finish at 7 AM on 1/22. Eventually, I would like to do this in OpenStudio as well.

Unfortunately, the simulation seems to fail unless it starts at hour 1 of the day and ends at hour 24 of the last day. Does anyone know a way around this?

For example, I can run starting at 1/5 1:00 - 1/22 24:00, but if I try to start the weather file at 07:00 on 1/5 or end at 07:00 on 1/22, then I get a fatal error from EnergyPlus.