Index: wflow-py/wflow/wf_DynamicFramework.py
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diff -u -r7cbe2c1a4cff6838d760dc90ecb87c2a0dbe6169 -rbec706d676b364d4a89a4e7141382db4511fa485
--- wflow-py/wflow/wf_DynamicFramework.py	(.../wf_DynamicFramework.py)	(revision 7cbe2c1a4cff6838d760dc90ecb87c2a0dbe6169)
+++ wflow-py/wflow/wf_DynamicFramework.py	(.../wf_DynamicFramework.py)	(revision bec706d676b364d4a89a4e7141382db4511fa485)
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@
         self._addMethodToClass(self.wf_supplyStartTimeDOY)
         self._addMethodToClass(self.wf_supplyStartTime)
         self._addMethodToClass(self.wf_supplyJulianDOY)
+        self._addMethodToClass(self.wf_supplyStartDateTime)
+        self._addMethodToClass(self.wf_supplyCurrentDateTime)
         self._addAttributeToClass("ParamType", self.ParamType)
         self._addAttributeToClass("timestepsecs", self.DT.timeStepSecs)
         self._addAttributeToClass("__version__", __version__)
@@ -1399,24 +1401,41 @@
         # Print .ini defined outputmaps per timestep
         toprint = configsection(self._userModel().config, 'outputmaps')
         
+        self.logger.info("saving maps")
+        
         for a in toprint:
             report = False
+            #possible to add variables
             if '+' in a:
                 a_ = a.split('+')
                 thevar = cover(0.0)
                 for i in arange(0,len(a_)):
-                    if hasattr(self._userModel(), a_[i].strip().replace('self.', '')):
+                    #check for nested objects
+                    if len(a_.replace('self.', '').split('.')) > 1:
+                        if hasattr(self._userModel(), a_.replace('self.', '').split('.')[0]) and hasattr(eval("self._userModel()." + a_.replace('self.', '').split('.')[0]), a.replace('self.', '').split('.')[1]):
+                            thevar = thevar + reduce(getattr, a_.replace('self.', '').split('.'), self._userModel())
+                            report = True
+                        
+                    elif hasattr(self._userModel(), a_[i].strip().replace('self.', '')):
                         thevar = thevar + getattr(self._userModel(), a_[i].strip().replace('self.', ''))
                         report = True
+                                       
                     else:
                         report = False
                         break
+
             
             else:
-                if hasattr(self._userModel(), a.replace('self.', '')):
+                #check for nested objects
+                if len(a.replace('self.', '').split('.')) > 1:
+                    if hasattr(self._userModel(), a.replace('self.', '').split('.')[0]) and hasattr(eval("self._userModel()." + a.replace('self.', '').split('.')[0]), a.replace('self.', '').split('.')[1]):
+                        thevar = reduce(getattr, a.replace('self.', '').split('.'), self._userModel())
+                        report = True
+
+                elif hasattr(self._userModel(), a.replace('self.', '')):
                     thevar = getattr(self._userModel(), a.replace('self.', ''))
                     report = True
-                
+                                
             if report == True:
                 if type(thevar) is list:
                     a = self._userModel().config.get("outputmaps", a)
@@ -1473,7 +1492,14 @@
                     mpath = os.path.join(directory, var + ".map").replace("\\", "/")
                     tvar = self.wf_readmap(mpath, 0.0, ncfilesource=self.ncinfilestates)
                     #wf_readmtvar = self.wf_readmap(mpath,0.0,ncfilesource=self.ncinfilestates,fail=True)
-                    setattr(self._userModel(), var,tvar)
+                    
+                    #check for nested objects
+                    if '.' in var:
+                        attrs = var.split('.')
+                        c = getattr(self._userModel(), attrs[0])
+                        setattr(c, attrs[1],tvar)
+                    else:
+                        setattr(self._userModel(), var,tvar)
                 except:
                     self.logger.error(
                         "problem while reading state variable from disk: " + mpath + " Suggest to use the -I option to restart")
@@ -2091,7 +2117,36 @@
         seconds_since_epoch = calendar.timegm(dtt.utctimetuple())
 
         return seconds_since_epoch
+    
+    
+    def wf_supplyCurrentDateTime(self):
+        """
+        gets the current time in seconds after the start of the run
+        Assumed daily timesteps if not defined in the user model
 
+        Output:
+           - current model time (since start of the run)
+
+        """
+        dtt = self.DT.currentDateTime
+
+        return dtt
+
+
+    def wf_supplyStartDateTime(self):
+        """
+        gets the current time in seconds after the start of the run
+        Assumed daily timesteps if not defined in the user model
+
+        Output:
+           - current model time (since start of the run)
+
+        """
+        dtt = self.DT.runStartTime
+
+        return dtt
+
+
     def wf_supplyEpoch(self):
         """
         Supplies the time epoch as a CF string