class_docstr: File handler for the ASCAT Soil Moisture BUFR product.
class_docstr_tok: ["File","handler","for","the","ASCAT","Soil","Moisture","BUFR","product","."]
docstr: Return the start time of data acqusition.
docstr_tok: ["Return","the","start","time","of","data","acqusition","."]
code: def start_time(self):
      """Return the start time of data acqusition."""
      return self.metadata["start_time"]
  
file_path: satpy/satpy/readers/ascat_l2_soilmoisture_bufr.py
imports: import logging
  from datetime import datetime
  import dask.array
  import numpy
  import xarray
  from satpy.readers.file_handlers import BaseFileHandler
  from satpy.utils import get_legacy_chunk_size
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling the AscatSoilMoistureBufr obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.start_time() and returns: self