title: Trying to load a .dat file into python and reading the file
body: <pre><code>data=[]
  time=[]
  with open('fismflux20010415.dat','r') as info:
   for i in info:
      data.append(i)
  time.append(data[1:5])
  if __name__=="__main__":
     print(time)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I need help trying to load a .dat file into python and put the data into 2 different lists. The way that the file is set up is there is a date followed by 59 data points (ex: 2001 4 15 0 0 0 than 59 data points) and I would like to put the date in a list and then the 59 data points in another. So, they will be at the same index but in different lists. This is what I have so far. </p>