# Can we have access to the datetime on test images?

**URL:** <https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-we-have-access-to-the-datetime-on-test-images/6801>\
**Category:** On Cloud N\
**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-we-have-access-to-the-datetime-on-test-images/6801 "2021-12-06T19:25:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![csaybar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@csaybar](https://community.drivendata.org/u/csaybar)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-we-have-access-to-the-datetime-on-test-images/6801/1 "2021-12-06T19:25:58Z")

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Hi 🙂

I would like to know if it is possible to get access to the date of the images on the test dataset (like in train\_metadata.csv).

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**Author:** ![rbgb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@rbgb](https://community.drivendata.org/u/rbgb)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-we-have-access-to-the-datetime-on-test-images/6801/2 "2021-12-06T20:08:22Z")

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Hi @csaybar , Yes the test metadata will be available in the code execution environment as `/codeexecution/data/test_metadata.csv` and will have the same format as the `train_metadata.csv`, i.e., it will include `chip_id`, `location`, `datetime` columns (no `cloudpath` column).

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**Author:** ![csaybar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@csaybar](https://community.drivendata.org/u/csaybar)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-we-have-access-to-the-datetime-on-test-images/6801/3 "2021-12-06T23:50:33Z")

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Hi @rbgb thanks for your fast reply. Please I will grateful if you let me know when this is ready 🙂

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**Author:** ![rbgb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@rbgb](https://community.drivendata.org/u/rbgb)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-we-have-access-to-the-datetime-on-test-images/6801/4 "2021-12-07T14:07:45Z")

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Just to be clear, the test metadata is _only_ available from within the code execution environment. That is, when you make a code submission, your code will have access to the metadata CSV at the path `/codeexecution/data/test_metadata.csv`. We are not planning to release the test metadata as a separate file outside of the code execution environment. Have a look at the [Code submission format](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/83/cloud-cover/page/412/) and [code execution runtime](https://github.com/drivendataorg/cloud-cover-runtime/) for more detail on the code execution component of this competition.

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**Author:** ![leoaaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@leoaaa](https://community.drivendata.org/u/leoaaa)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-we-have-access-to-the-datetime-on-test-images/6801/5 "2021-12-27T03:58:07Z")

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hi @rbgb , is the test metadata location is the same as the training metadata, or there are new location that is not mentioned on the training metadata?

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**Author:** ![kwetstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kwetstone](https://community.drivendata.org/u/kwetstone)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-we-have-access-to-the-datetime-on-test-images/6801/6 "2021-12-31T18:46:31Z")

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@leoaaa Per the metadata [section](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/83/cloud-cover/page/398/#metadata) of the problem description:

> There are up to 400 chips for each location in the data. Each location is either entirely in the train set or the test set, so all of the settings in the test set will be entirely new.

I hope that helps!