Time range run request is not filtering data

[chbrandt]

Filtering of observations/data to use based on time range (--start and --end) is NOT working, pipeline runs as if the options were not given (ie, without filtering), using all observations.

We can use the example in the docs:

swift_deepsky --object 3c279 --start 1/1/2018 --end 28/2/2018

Here is execution plan:

#===============================================================
# Swift (XRT) deep-sky pipeline
# -----------------------------
# Pipeline arguments:
#  * Swift master table: /swift_deepsky/bin/SwiftXrt_master.csv
#  * Swift archive:      /work/./data/
#  * Field:              3c279
#    * RA:               194.0465
#    * Dec:              -5.7893
#    * Radius:           12
#  * Start date:         1/1/2018
#  * End date:           28/2/2018
#  * Run-label:          3c279_from112018_to2822018
#  * Output directory:   /work/3c279_from112018_to2822018
#    * Temporary files:  /work/3c279_from112018_to2822018/tmp
#  * Logfile:            /work/3c279_from112018_to2822018/pipeline_internals.log
#    * Error log:        /work/3c279_from112018_to2822018/pipeline_internals.log.error
#...............................................................
# Workflow:
# 1.1) Identify all XRT observations inside the requested field;
#      Field size is 12 arcmin around given object/position.
# 1.2) Check data archive, download necessary files if missing;
#      A maximum of 3 downloads will run concurrently.
#...............................................................
# Pipeline outputs:
# * Filtered entries from Master table:
    TABLE_SELECT=/work/3c279_from112018_to2822018/3c279_from112018_to2822018_selected_observations.csv
# * Stacked events file:
    EVENTSSUM_RESULT=/work/3c279_from112018_to2822018/3c279_from112018_to2822018_sum.evt
# * Stacked exposure-maps file:
    EXPOSSUM_RESULT=/work/3c279_from112018_to2822018/3c279_from112018_to2822018_sum.exp
# * Detected objects photon-flux table:
    COUNTRATES_TABLE=/work/3c279_from112018_to2822018/table_countrates_detections.csv
# * Detected objects final flux table:
    FLUX_TABLE=/work/3c279_from112018_to2822018/table_flux_detections.csv
#...............................................................
# Block (1) DATA_SELECTION
# -> Selecting observations..
#    - Number of observations selected: 453
  OBSLIST=2008_01/00053656002 2017_04/00030867048 2008_01/00053653002 2020_03/00035019244 2006_07/00053507002 2022_06/00096564012 2006_07/00053512002 2006_07/00053514002 2006_07/00053508002 2008_>
# -> Querying/Downloading observations..
# Number of Observations 453

Notice the observations it is going to use: "2008_01/...", "2017_04/", "2020_03/" -- those are the years they were taken.