Den,
Yes, dates are separated by - not /, I should not have rushed my reply as I
was going out the door.
I had a quick check just now of the on-line Utilities Guide and the wee_import
--help output and I did not notice any inconsistency. If there is please
let us know what it is and we will fix it.
Gary
On Friday, 3 February 2017 23:54:35 UTC+10, Den S wrote:
>
> Gary,
>
> I was following the on-line Utilities guide. It looks like both of us
> needed to read the help file!!
>
> Dates are separated with a '-' not a '/'. Times are not needed so I will
> leave them out.
>
> This worked:
>
> { wee_import --import-config=/var/tmp/wu.conf --from=2016-01-20
> --to=2016-01-23 --dry-run }
>
> Guess the online user's documentation needs a bit of updating.
> Thanks for your quick reply... think I am ready to do some importing.
>
> Den
>
> On 2/3/2017 8:34 AM, gjr80 wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Have a close read of the wee_import help using
>
> wee_import --help
>
> or the wee_import <http://weewx.com/docs/utilities.htm#wee_import_utility>
> section of the Utilities Guide. You will see that the format of the --date
> option is
>
> --date=YYYY-mm-dd
>
> --date is used for importing a single (entire) day. You appear to be
> wanting to import a time span so you need to use --from and --to and not
> --date. Again have a look at the the --help output or the wee_import
> <http://weewx.com/docs/utilities.htm#wee_import_utility> section of the
> Utilities Guide. Based on the dates and times you posted perhaps you are
> after something like:
>
> wee_import --import-config=/var/tmp/wu.conf --from=2016/01/20T22:30 --to=
> 2016/01/23T06:00 --dry-run
>
> Gary
>
>
> On Friday, 3 February 2017 23:18:57 UTC+10, Den S wrote:
>>
>> Trying to import WU data following the Utilities example and get the
>> following:
>>
>> wee_import --import-config=/var/tmp/wu.conf --date="2016/01/20
>> 22:30-2016/01/23 06:00" --dry-run
>> Starting wee_import...
>> **** Command line option error.
>> **** Invalid --date option specified.
>> **** Nothing done, exiting.
>>
>> I have confirmed there is 'History' data on the WU site for these test
>> pages.
>>
>> Help!
>> Thanks
>>
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