import ifcopenshell.util.date class Usecase: def __init__(self, file, **settings): self.file = file self.settings = {"work_time": None, "attributes": {}} for key, value in settings.items(): self.settings[key] = value def execute(self): for name, value in self.settings["attributes"].items(): if value and name in ["Start", "Finish"]: value = ifcopenshell.util.date.datetime2ifc(value, "IfcDate") setattr(self.settings["work_time"], name, value)