Use the megaqc format instead of ISO 😢

megaqc/commands.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.join(HERE, os.pardir)
 TEST_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'tests')
+MEGAQC_DATE_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M"
 
 
 @click.command()
@@ -152,12 +153,16 @@ def initdb():
     db.metadata.create_all()
     print('Initialized the database.')
 
+def megaqc_date_type(arg):
+    return datetime.strptime(arg, MEGAQC_DATE_FORMAT)
 
 @click.option(
     '--date',
     default=None,
-    help='Custom date to be stored for all the MultiQC files provided. Should be provided in ISO 8601 format',
-    type=datetime.fromisoformat
+    help='Custom date to be stored for all the MultiQC files provided. Should be provided in the date format {}'.format(
+        MEGAQC_DATE_FORMAT
+    ),
+    type=megaqc_date_type
 )
 @click.command( context_settings=dict( help_option_names = ['-h', '--help'] ) )
 @click.argument('json_files', type=click.Path(exists=True), nargs=-1, required=True, metavar="<multiqc_data.json>" )
@@ -203,5 +208,5 @@ def upload(json_files, date):
 
                 # Patch in the date provided on the CLI
                 if date is not None:
-                    multiqc_json_dump['config_creation_date'] = date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M")
+                    multiqc_json_dump['config_creation_date'] = date.strftime(MEGAQC_DATE_FORMAT)
                 multiqc_megaqc.multiqc_api_post(multiqc_json_dump)