ENH: Add start/end time treatment

sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/scripting/bin/register_new_samples.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def get_parser():
 
 def get_column_names(data):
     # Make sure each header starts with BIS ID and Main User
-    starting_names = ["entity_id", "Main User"]
+    starting_names = [get_column_header_name(name) for name in ["entity_id", "Main User"]]
     # required_column_names is just a string of column names separated by
     # commas.
     other_names = data["required_column_names"].split(',') + data["column_names"]

sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/scripting/bin/sample_helpers/sample_upload_get_event.py

@@ -53,13 +53,20 @@ def add_event_to_sample(sample: db.Record, data: pd.Series) -> db.Record:
                 )
             )
     if positions:
-        update_property(event, position_prop.id, positions,
-                        datatype=db.LIST(get_entity_name("Position")))
+        event = update_property(event, position_prop.id, positions,
+                                datatype=db.LIST(get_entity_name("Position")))
 
-    # TODO: Start/end date, remaining event props
+    for time_p in ["start_date_prop", "end_date_prop"]:
+        prop = db.get_entity_by_name(get_entity_name(time_p))
+        if (get_column_header_name(time_p) in data and
+                return_value_if_not_none(data[get_column_header_name(time_p)]) is not None):
+            event = update_property(event, prop.id, return_value_if_not_none(
+                data[get_column_header_name(time_p)]))
+
+    # only add if there was any event data at all:
+    if len(event.properties) > 0:
+        sample = update_property(sample, event_rt.id, event)
 
-    sample = update_property(sample, event_rt.id, event)
-    
     return sample