not-zipping nc files created from NAME anymore

NAMEPreProcessor.py

-import datetime
 import os
 import sys
-import cftime
-from os.path import basename
-import zipfile
-from zipfile import ZipFile
 
+import cftime
 import iris.util
 from iris.cube import CubeList, Cube
 
 
-def save_and_zip_cube(cube: iris.cube.Cube,
-                      sanitised_field_name: str,
-                      year_string: str,
-                      month_string: str,
-                      output_path: str):
+def save_cube(cube: iris.cube.Cube,
+              sanitised_field_name: str,
+              year_string: str,
+              month_string: str,
+              output_path: str):
 
     os.makedirs(output_path, exist_ok = True)
 
@@ -24,13 +20,13 @@ def save_and_zip_cube(cube: iris.cube.Cube,
     print("writing {}".format(nc_file_path))
     iris.save(cube, nc_file_path)
 
-    nc_zip_file_path = "{}.zip".format(nc_file_path)
-    print("zipping to {}".format(nc_zip_file_path))
-    with ZipFile(nc_zip_file_path, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zip:
-        zip.write(nc_file_path, basename(nc_file_path))
-
-    print("deleting {}".format(nc_file_path))
-    os.remove(nc_file_path)
+    # nc_zip_file_path = "{}.zip".format(nc_file_path)
+    # print("zipping to {}".format(nc_zip_file_path))
+    # with ZipFile(nc_zip_file_path, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zip:
+    #     zip.write(nc_file_path, basename(nc_file_path))
+    #
+    # print("deleting {}".format(nc_file_path))
+    # os.remove(nc_file_path)
 
 
 def process_met_office_NAME(name_file_wildcard: str, out_path: str):
@@ -67,17 +63,19 @@ def process_met_office_NAME(name_file_wildcard: str, out_path: str):
                 sample_date = time_coord.units.num2date(time_coord.points[0])
                 year_string = cftime.datetime.strftime(sample_date, "%Y")
                 month_string = cftime.datetime.strftime(sample_date, "%m")
+                # year_string = cftime.real_datetime.strftime(sample_date, "%Y")
+                # month_string = cftime.real_datetime.strftime(sample_date, "%m")
 
                 # get rid of funny characters, for filename
                 sanitised_field_name = field_name.replace("(", "")
                 sanitised_field_name = sanitised_field_name.replace(")", "")
                 sanitised_field_name = sanitised_field_name.replace("/", "_")
 
-                save_and_zip_cube(cube_for_month,
-                                  sanitised_field_name,
-                                  year_string,
-                                  month_string,
-                                  out_path)
+                save_cube(cube_for_month,
+                          sanitised_field_name,
+                          year_string,
+                          month_string,
+                          out_path)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':