BEGIN{ } { date = $1 cond = $5 trans = $7 fluor = $8 } END{ dday = int(date); if ( dday != day ){ printf("CTD Day trouble\n"); exit } hour = ( date - dday) * 24; if ((hour -= offset) < 0 ) ; printf ( "%04.1f %.1f %.2f %.2f \n",hour,cond,trans,fluor); }