You can now toggle showing time columns in work schedule, minor fixes and ui cleanup

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/sequence/operator.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import bpy
 import json
 import ifcopenshell.api
 from datetime import datetime
-from dateutil.parser import parse
+from dateutil import parser
 from blenderbim.bim.ifc import IfcStore
 from ifcopenshell.api.sequence.data import Data
 
@@ -587,9 +587,12 @@ class EditTaskTime(bpy.types.Operator):
                 continue
             if "Start" in key or "Finish" in key or key == "StatusTime":
                 try:
-                    attributes[key] = parse(value)
+                    attributes[key] = parser.isoparse(value)
                 except:
-                    attributes[key] = None
+                    try:
+                        attributes[key] = parser.parse(value, dayfirst=True, fuzzy=True)
+                    except:
+                        attributes[key] = None
         return attributes
 
 

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/sequence/prop.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import ifcopenshell.api
 from blenderbim.bim.ifc import IfcStore
 from ifcopenshell.api.sequence.data import Data
 from blenderbim.bim.prop import StrProperty, Attribute
-from dateutil.parser import parse
+from dateutil import parser
 from bpy.types import PropertyGroup
 from bpy.props import (
     PointerProperty,
@@ -68,14 +68,17 @@ def updateTaskTimeDateTime(self, context, startfinish):
 
     if startfinish_value == "-":
         return
+
     self.file = IfcStore.get_file()
-    props = context.scene.BIMWorkScheduleProperties
 
     try:
-        startfinish_datetime = parse(startfinish_value)
+        startfinish_datetime = parser.isoparse(startfinish_value)
     except:
-        setattr(self, startfinish, "-")
+        try:
-        return
+            startfinish_datetime = parser.parse(startfinish_value, dayfirst=True, fuzzy=True)
+        except:
+            setattr(self, startfinish, "-")
+            return
 
     task = self.file.by_id(self.ifc_definition_id)
     if task.TaskTime:
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ def updateTaskTimeDateTime(self, context, startfinish):
         Data.load(IfcStore.get_file())
 
     if Data.task_times[task_time.id()][startfinish_key] == startfinish_datetime:
+        canonical_startfinish_value = canonicalise_time(startfinish_datetime)
+        if startfinish_value != canonical_startfinish_value:
+            setattr(self, startfinish, canonical_startfinish_value)
         return
 
     ifcopenshell.api.run(
@@ -130,6 +136,7 @@ class BIMWorkScheduleProperties(PropertyGroup):
     active_task_index: IntProperty(name="Active Task Index")
     active_task_id: IntProperty(name="Active Task Id")
     task_attributes: CollectionProperty(name="Task Attributes", type=Attribute)
+    should_show_times: BoolProperty(name="Should Show Times", default=False)
     active_task_time_id: IntProperty(name="Active Task Id")
     task_time_attributes: CollectionProperty(name="Task Time Attributes", type=Attribute)
     contracted_tasks: StringProperty(name="Contracted Task Items", default="[]")

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/sequence/ui.py

@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ class BIM_PT_work_schedules(Panel):
         if self.props.active_work_schedule_id and self.props.active_work_schedule_id == work_schedule_id:
             if self.props.is_editing == "WORK_SCHEDULE":
                 row.operator("bim.edit_work_schedule", text="", icon="CHECKMARK")
+            elif self.props.is_editing == "TASKS":
+                row.prop(self.props, "should_show_times", text="", icon="TIME")
+                row.operator("bim.add_summary_task", text="", icon="ADD").work_schedule = work_schedule_id
             row.operator("bim.disable_editing_work_schedule", text="", icon="CANCEL")
         elif self.props.active_work_schedule_id:
             row.operator("bim.remove_work_schedule", text="", icon="X").work_schedule = work_schedule_id
@@ -124,9 +127,6 @@ class BIM_PT_work_schedules(Panel):
                 row.prop(attribute, "is_null", icon="RADIOBUT_OFF" if attribute.is_null else "RADIOBUT_ON", text="")
 
     def draw_editable_task_ui(self, work_schedule_id):
-        row = self.layout.row(align=True)
-        row.label(text="X Summary Tasks")
-        row.operator("bim.add_summary_task", text="", icon="ADD").work_schedule = work_schedule_id
         self.layout.template_list(
             "BIM_UL_tasks",
             "",
@@ -256,9 +256,10 @@ class BIM_UL_tasks(UIList):
             row.prop(item, "identification", emboss=False, text="")
             row.prop(item, "name", emboss=False, text="")
 
-            row.prop(item, "start", emboss=False, text="")
+            if props.should_show_times:
-            row.prop(item, "finish", emboss=False, text="")
+                row.prop(item, "start", emboss=False, text="")
-            row.prop(item, "duration", emboss=False, text="")
+                row.prop(item, "finish", emboss=False, text="")
+                row.prop(item, "duration", emboss=False, text="")
 
             if props.active_task_id == item.ifc_definition_id:
                 if props.active_task_time_id:
@@ -289,6 +290,6 @@ class BIM_UL_tasks(UIList):
                 row.operator("bim.remove_task", text="", icon="X").task = item.ifc_definition_id
             else:
                 row.operator("bim.enable_editing_task_time", text="", icon="TIME").task = item.ifc_definition_id
-                row.operator("bim.add_task", text="", icon="ADD").task = item.ifc_definition_id
                 row.operator("bim.enable_editing_task", text="", icon="GREASEPENCIL").task = item.ifc_definition_id
+                row.operator("bim.add_task", text="", icon="ADD").task = item.ifc_definition_id
                 row.operator("bim.remove_task", text="", icon="X").task = item.ifc_definition_id