Hi Margaret,
Yes, you can assume that the first row of data in the SRW file is for the hour ending 1 am on Monday, January first.
The time stamps don't really matter for the wind power model itself: It starts the simulation with the first row and ends it with the last row. It does require that the file contain one year's worth of data. For hourly data the file should have 8760 rows of data, but it would also work with 15-minute data if it had 35,040 rows. It would also work if Row 1 started with data for any day of the year, as long as the data is for one year: For example, the data could start (row 1) on May 15, 2018 and end on May 14, 2019 (row 8760 for hourly data).
If you are using the wind power model with a financial model, it may use the time stamps to identify the time for time-of-use calculations or other time-related financial calculations. In that case, the financial model uses the convention I described in my first sentence above.
Best regards,
Paul.