Merge pull request #222 from UW-Hydro/develop

Prepare for 2.2.2 release

docs/whats-new.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ What's New
 
 .. _whats-new.2.2.0:
 
+v2.2.2
+-------
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+- Fixed bug where `utc_offset` doesn't get converted to the
+  correct boolean when reading the configuration.
+
 v2.2.l
 ------
 Bug fixes

metsim/cli/ms.py

@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ def to_list(s):
     else:
         forcing_files = conf['forcing']
 
+    # Ensure that parameters with boolean values are correctly recorded
+    for bool_param in ['utc_offset', 'period_ending']:
+        if (bool_param in conf.keys()
+            and conf[bool_param].strip().lower() == 'true'):
+            conf[bool_param] = True
+        else:
+            conf[bool_param] = False
+
     # Update the full configuration
     conf.update({"calendar": conf.get('calendar', 'standard'),
                  "scheduler": opts.scheduler,