Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/Mesh/timesteps.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/Mesh/timesteps.m	(revision 2483)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/Mesh/timesteps.m	(revision 2484)
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 %TIMESTEPS - return the maximum timesteps for the model in years
 %
-%   Dt < c Dx/u
+%   Dt < c / ( u/Dx +v/Dy )
 %
 %   Usage:
@@ -21,3 +21,3 @@
 vy=max(abs(vy(index)),[],2);
 
-maxtime=min(1/2*(edgex./vx+edgey./vy));
+maxtime=1/2*min(1./(vx./edgex+vy./edgey));