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Extract more than energy use data from meter output?

I am trying to extract monthly meter data, either via the BCL ExportMetertoCSV reporting measure or from the eplusout.mtr file via the ReadVarsESO.exe approach discussed here https://unmethours.com/question/12199/mtr-file-from-open-studio-run/.

Either way works, but I only get the energy use in [J]. Yet, at least the eplusout.mtr file - on the same line as the energy use (know as "Value") - also lists "Min", "Day", "Hour", "Minute", "Max", "Day", "Hour", "Minute", which I believe may be useful for demand estimates. I do not know if these "additional" data also show up in the eplusout.sql file, so that ExportMetertoCSV might access them, but either way, how DO I access these additional data?

Yes, I know that theoretically a meter only reports summations for [J], but these "additional data" DO show up in the eplusout.mtr file, so they must have some meaning and use?

Extract more than energy use data from meter output?

I am trying to extract monthly meter data, either via the BCL ExportMetertoCSV reporting measure or from the eplusout.mtr file via the ReadVarsESO.exe approach discussed here https://unmethours.com/question/12199/mtr-file-from-open-studio-run/.

Either way works, but I only get the energy use in [J]. Yet, at least the eplusout.mtr file - on the same line as the energy use (know as "Value") - also lists "Min", "Day", "Hour", "Minute", "Max", "Day", "Hour", "Minute", which I believe may be useful for demand estimates. I do not know if these "additional" data also show up in the eplusout.sql file, so that ExportMetertoCSV might access them, but either way, how DO I access these additional data?

Yes, I know that theoretically a meter only reports summations for [J], but these "additional data" DO show up in the eplusout.mtr file, so they must have some meaning and use?