polaris.e3sm.init.inputdata.get_creation_date

polaris.e3sm.init.inputdata.get_creation_date(config: PolarisConfigParser, section: str) → str

The creation date the staged files are stamped with, as YYYYMMDD.

The last dotted field of a staged filename before .nc (or before .part.<n> for a partition) is its creation date.

Parameters:

• config (polaris.config.PolarisConfigParser) – The config options.

• section (str) – The config section with the creation_date option.

Returns:

str – The creation date.

Raises:

ValueError – If the date has not been set. set_creation_date() sets it at setup time, so this means it was cleared afterwards.