I couldn't see any inconsistency in the documentation either - just in your
'example' in the post.
On Friday, 3 February 2017 16:35:47 UTC+2, gjr80 wrote:
>
> Den,
>
> Yes, dates are separated by - not /, I should not have rushed my reply as
> I was going out the door.
> er
> 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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