{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/6008","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/6008/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/6008/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/6008/events","html_url":"https://github.com/idaholab/moose/pull/6008","id":119813454,"number":6008,"title":"Adds ability to append date to output files","user":{"login":"aeslaughter","id":341333,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/341333?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter","html_url":"https://github.com/aeslaughter","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/labels/PR:%20Needs%20Vote","name":"PR: Needs Vote","color":"eb6420"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":18,"created_at":"2015-12-01T21:36:54Z","updated_at":"2015-12-02T15:07:11Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/pulls/6008","html_url":"https://github.com/idaholab/moose/pull/6008","diff_url":"https://github.com/idaholab/moose/pull/6008.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/idaholab/moose/pull/6008.patch"},"body":"This allows the date/time to be append to the file_base, regardless of dollar bracket support via GetPot, this option was deemed useful by the Bison team, so I did it.\r\n\r\n\r\n(closes #6001)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/comments/161326361","html_url":"https://github.com/idaholab/moose/pull/6008#issuecomment-161326361","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/6008","id":161326361,"user":{"login":"aeslaughter","id":341333,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/341333?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter","html_url":"https://github.com/aeslaughter","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeslaughter/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-02T15:07:11Z","updated_at":"2015-12-02T15:07:11Z","body":"It does allow a format string to be passed: 'append_date_format' is a\ncompanion option. My vote is for having traditional option(s), for the\nreason of ease of use. If someone looks at the available options for an\nOutput object, they will see that there exists a means for adding the date.\nThe GetPot method, which we should also support for more generic\nspecialized reasons, is too obscure for general users.\n\nThat being said, I don't want too dwell on this since this is such a minor\nfeature, I will go with the others votes.\n\nOn Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Cody Permann <notifications@github.com>\nwrote:\n\n> @roystgnr <https://github.com/roystgnr> - I was just looking at\n> https://github.com/libMesh/libmesh/blob/master/src/utils/timestamp.C#L37\n>\n> It looks like we considered adding a user-defined data string in that\n> utility. Is there a reason it's not available there now? It'd be nice to\n> re-use this routine one way or another (either in @aeslaughter\n> <https://github.com/aeslaughter>'s PR or in the proposed Getpot change.\n>\n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\n> <https://github.com/idaholab/moose/pull/6008#issuecomment-161315901>.\n>\n"}}