# save .pvd with time steps not in scientific notation?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-pvd-with-time-steps-not-in-scientific-notation/9100
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 2, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-pvd-with-time-steps-not-in-scientific-notation/9100 "2022-03-02T16:26:50Z")
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#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-pvd-with-time-steps-not-in-scientific-notation/9100/1 "2022-03-02T16:26:50Z")

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Hi all,  
I have a netCDF that has the time steps in seconds since Modified Julian Day, e.g.,  
5061747600  
5061751200  
5061754800  
ParaView reads this correctly. However, when I either Save Geometry or Save Data, the resulting .pvd writes the timesteps in scientific notation, so all 3 the above show as 5.06175e+09

Is there a way to turn off writing the timesteps in scientific notation?