Text file read issues

[buran]

let's do it properly

import csv

with open('170825  t05 L11O44S3.txt', encoding='utf-16') as f:
    rdr = csv.reader(f, delimiter='\t')
    for line in rdr:
        print(line)

each line will turn to 2-element list. you can join them together again or use separately

Output:
['25 August 2017 09:15:00', '23.19']
['25 August 2017 09:00:00', '22.98']
['25 August 2017 08:45:00', '22.76']
['25 August 2017 08:30:00', '22.62']
['25 August 2017 08:15:00', '22.41']
['25 August 2017 08:00:00', '22.34']
....

or if you prefer single list

import csv

with open('170825  t05 L11O44S3.txt', encoding='utf-16') as f:
    rdr = csv.reader(f, delimiter='\t')
    data = [' '.join(line) for line in rdr]
    print(data)

Output:
['25 August 2017 09:15:00 23.19', '25 August 2017 09:00:00 22.98', '25 August 2017 08:45:00 22.76', '25 August 2017 08:30:00 22.62', '25 August 2017 08:15:00 22.41',...]