date formats

[mvhulten]

Throughout the scripts, many formats of dates are used:

- date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S    → 20260318154158
- date +%s              → 1773845078
- date '+%Y-%m-%d'      → 2026-03-18
- date +%H:%M:%S        → 15:46:19
- date +%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S → 2026-03-18_15.47.02
* startdate="2017-07-01T00:00Z"

Suggestion is to reduce the number of formats. ISO nice, but colon not ideal in filenames.

For cross-platform, in ISO format, maybe define a formatting at the start:

dtfmt='+%FT%H:%M'
date $dtfmt

[s-poll]

Thank you for this observation and the suggestion.

We are aware that different components currently rely on different time and date formats. This stems from the fact that some model components require specific legacy or interface-driven formats that are not fully consistent across the component models.

In the TSMP2 main control script master.conf, however, we already standardize the main workflow time representation according to ISO 8601 conventions. This reduces the number of formats in the central orchestration layer and provides a consistent baseline for date handling.

Would you consider this issue resolved in its current form, or should it remain open for further discussion and potential implementation work?