def _get_read_time(read_name):
 time_list = []
 remainder = _string_as_base_36(read_name[:6])
 for denominator in _time_denominators:
  (this_term, remainder) = divmod(remainder, denominator)
  time_list.append(this_term)
 time_list.append(remainder)
 time_list[0] += 2000
 return time_list

def _get_read_time ( read_name ) : time_list = [ ] remainder = _string_as_base_36 ( read_name [ : 6 ] ) for denominator in _time_denominators : ( this_term , remainder ) = divmod ( remainder , denominator ) time_list . append ( this_term ) time_list . append ( remainder ) time_list [ 0 ] += 2000 return time_list
extract time from first 6 characters of read name .