diff --git a/matlab/TCV_IMAS/tcv_get_ids_dataset_description.m b/matlab/TCV_IMAS/tcv_get_ids_dataset_description.m
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+function [ids_dataset_description,ids_dataset_description_description] = ...
+ tcv_get_ids_dataset_description(shot, ids_dataset_description_empty, gdat_params,varargin)
+%
+% [ids_dataset_description,ids_dataset_description_description] = ...
+% tcv_get_ids_dataset_description(shot, ids_dataset_description_empty,varargin);
+%
+% Get the TCV IMAS dataset_description data
+%
+% ids_dataset_description_empty should at least be the empty dataset_description ids structure
+% in input
+%
+% gdat_params: gdat_data.gdat_params to get all params passed from original
+% call, in particular error_bar options
+%
+% Date: 24/04/25
+% Author: L. Simons
+
+% Initialise structure with default ids_properties
+% shot=70777; gdat_params=[]; varargin={};
+% aa=gdat([],'ids','source','dataset_description'); ids_dataset_description_empty=aa.dataset_description;
+if exist('gdat_params')
+ [ids_dataset_description, ~] = tcv_ids_headpart(shot, ids_dataset_description_empty, ...
+ 'dataset_description','homogeneous_time',1,'gdat_params',gdat_params, ...
+ varargin{:});
+else
+ [ids_dataset_description, ~] = tcv_ids_headpart(shot,ids_dataset_description_empty,'dataset_description','homogeneous_time',0,varargin{:});
+end
+
+ids_dataset_description_description = struct();
+
+% homogenous_time=2 , only static and constant information
+ids_dataset_description.ids_properties.homogeneous_time=2;
+
+% Get username
+username = getenv('USERNAME'); % Works on Windows
+if isempty(username)
+ username = getenv('USER'); % Works on Unix/Linux/Mac
+end
+
+% Define uri
+backend='mdsplus';
+run=1;
+imas_version_number=getenv('IMAS_VERSION');
+version=num2str(imas_version_number(1));
+uri = sprintf('imas:%s?user=%s;shot=%d;run=%d;database=%s;version=%s', ...
+ backend, username, shot, run, database,version);
+ids_dataset_description.uri=uri;
+
+% Define type
+% FIXME: Not sure what the condition should be here... To be discussed
+if strcmp(gdat_params.data_request,'ids')
+ ids_dataset_description.type.name='experimental';
+ ids_dataset_description.type.index=1;
+ ids_dataset_description.type.description='Data coming from an experiment';
+else
+ ids_dataset_description.type.name='simulation';
+ ids_dataset_description.type.index=2;
+ ids_dataset_description.type.description='Data coming from a simulation';
+end
+
+% Define data_entry
+ids_dataset_description.machine='tcv';
+ids_dataset_description.pulse=shot;
+
+% Attempt to fill information about pulse time
+% FIXME: How to get pulse_time_end? Simply = pulse_time_begin + X seconds?
+[pulse_time_begin,pulse_time_begin_epoch,pulse_time_begin_epoch_ns]= ...
+ get_mds_node_info('\VSYSTEM:TIMERS.VALUES',shot);
+ids_dataset_description.pulse_time_begin=pulse_time_begin;
+ids_dataset_description.pulse_time_begin_epoch.seconds=pulse_time_begin_epoch;
+ids_dataset_description.pulse_time_begin_epoch.nanoseconds=pulse_time_begin_epoch_ns;
+% ids_dataset_description.pulse_time_end_epoch.seconds=
+% ids_dataset_description.pulse_time_end_epoch.nanoseconds=
+% ids_dataset_description.pulse_processing_time_begin=node_time
+
+
+%% Simulation metadata
+% FIXME: How do we hope to get this information?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.comment_before=?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.comment_after=?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.time_begin=?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.time_step=?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.time_end=?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.time_restart=?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.time_current=?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.time_begun=?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.time_ended=?
+% ids_dataset_description.simulation.time_workflow=?
+
+end
diff --git a/matlab/get_mds_node_info.m b/matlab/get_mds_node_info.m
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+function [node_time, node_epoch_time, node_epoch_time_ns, node_owner] = get_mds_node_info(node_str, shot)
+% [node_time, node_epoch_time, node_owner] =
+% get_mds_node_info(node_str, shot)
+%
+% Retrieves insertion time and owner of a node in MDSplus
+%
+% Inputs:
+% node_str - String, path to the MDSplus node
+% (e.g. '\\RESULTS::CXRS_001:TI')
+% shot - Numeric, Shot number to open
+%
+% Outputs:
+% node_time - Numeric, Time the node data was inserted
+% node_owner - String, (Optional) Owner info of the node
+%
+% Date: 20/09/24
+% Author: L. Simons
+
+ % Open the shot
+ mdsopen('tcv_shot',shot);
+
+ try
+ % Time inserted
+ tdi_time = sprintf('times(getnci("%s","TIME_INSERTED"))', node_str);
+ mds_node_time = mdsvalue(tdi_time);
+ % Convert the timestamp (returned as a string) to MATLAB datetime
+ dt = datetime(mds_node_time, 'InputFormat', 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS', 'TimeZone', 'UTC');
+ % Format it to ISO 8601 with Zulu (UTC) time
+ time_str = datestr(dt, 'yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS');
+ node_time = [time_str 'Z'];
+ % Convert to Unix Epoch time (seconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC)
+ node_epoch_time = posixtime(datetime(mds_node_time, 'InputFormat', 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS', 'TimeZone', 'UTC'));
+ node_epoch_time_ns=mod(second(dt),1)*1e9;
+
+ % Owner
+ tdi_owner = sprintf('owner_ascii("%s")', node_str);
+ node_owner = mdsvalue(tdi_owner);
+
+ catch
+ warning('Failed to read time of node, returning empty strings..');
+ node_time='';
+ node_owner='';
+ mdsclose;
+ end
+
+ % Always close MDS connection
+ mdsclose;
+
+end
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