This file is used to calculate the evolutionary rate.
Below is an example of such a file. Each line contains the taxon name followed by a SPACE and the time of each taxa (years, months or days in decimal form).
NOTE: Please make sure your dates file is in *plain text format* and the taxa names exactly match those in the Newick file. If not, the evolutionary rates calculated could be erroneous.
A 10 B 10 C 20.5 D 20 E 20