{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencivicdata/pupa/issues/218","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencivicdata/pupa/issues/218/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencivicdata/pupa/issues/218/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencivicdata/pupa/issues/218/events","html_url":"https://github.com/opencivicdata/pupa/issues/218","id":122318162,"number":218,"title":"Inconsistent handling of date/times","user":{"login":"fgregg","id":536941,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/536941?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg","html_url":"https://github.com/fgregg","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fgregg/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-12-15T16:59:49Z","updated_at":"2015-12-16T21:04:16Z","closed_at":"2015-12-16T21:04:16Z","body":"When describing the beginning and end of a term or a bill action date, the user must use an iso format string\r\n\r\n```python\r\n            p.add_term('Commissioner', 'legislature', \r\n                       district='District {}'.format(district), \r\n                       start_date=start_date.isoformat(),\r\n                       end_date=end_date)\r\n```\r\n\r\nWhen adding an event, the use needs to provide a datetime:\r\n\r\n```\r\n                e = Event(name=event[\"Name\"][\"label\"],\r\n                          start_time=when,\r\n                          description=description,\r\n                          timezone='US/Central',\r\n                          location_name=location,\r\n                          status=status)\r\n```\r\n\r\nPersonally, I find this confusing. Is there any reason why we shouldn't just use a datetime.date object instead of an iso format string?\r\n\r\n@jamesturk, @jpmckinney thoughts?\r\n"}}