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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion src/silverlabnwb/nwb_file.py
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Expand Up @@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ def create_from_metadata(self, metadata_file, user=None, session_id=None):
try:
start_time = sessions[user]['start_time']
except KeyError:
raise ValueError("Start time for session not found!")
raise ValueError("Start time for session not found! "
"Please add a `start_time` parameter to sessions for user {}, "
"e.g. 'start_time: 10 May 2020 12:34:56'"
.format(user)
)
start_time = pd.to_datetime(
start_time, infer_datetime_format=True).tz_localize(
timezone('Europe/London'))
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion tests/test_metadata_import.py
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Expand Up @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_no_start_time_fails(tmpdir, ref_data_dir):
with pytest.raises(ValueError) as exc_info:
with NwbFile(nwb_path, 'w') as nwb:
nwb.create_from_metadata(meta_path, user="A")
assert "Start time for session not found!" == str(exc_info.value)
assert "start_time" in str(exc_info.value)


def test_metadata_import_correct(tmpdir, ref_data_dir):
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