t doesn't live on the grid, it is part of the data

Author: Michael Zingale

mesh/patch.py

@@ -225,9 +225,6 @@ def __init__ (self, nx, ny, ng=1, \
             Physical coordinate at the upper y boundary
         """
 
-        # time 
-        self.t = -1.0
-
         # size of grid
         self.nx = nx
         self.ny = ny
@@ -373,8 +370,12 @@ def __init__ (self, grid, dtype=numpy.float64):
 
         self.BCs = {}
 
+        # time 
+        self.t = -1.0
+
         self.initialized = 0
 
+
     def register_var(self, name, bc_object):
         """ 
         Register a variable with CellCenterData2d object.