Added CLI arg for indicating input file date separator character. Also cleaned up Cli struct. Takes care of one item from #48.

src/core_functions.rs

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pub struct ImportProcessParameters {
     pub enable_like_kind_treatment: bool,
     pub costing_method: InventoryCostingMethod,
     pub lk_cutoff_date_string: String,
+    pub date_separator: String,
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn import_and_process_final(
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ pub(crate) fn import_and_process_final(
     HashMap<u16, RawAccount>,
     HashMap<u32, ActionRecord>,
     HashMap<u32, Transaction>,
-    Option<LikeKindSettings>
+    Option<LikeKindSettings>,
 ), Box<dyn Error>> {
 
     let mut transactions_map: HashMap<u32, Transaction> = HashMap::new();
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ pub(crate) fn import_and_process_final(
         &mut transactions_map,
         &mut action_records_map,
         &mut raw_account_map,
-        &mut account_map
+        &mut account_map,
+        &settings.date_separator,
     ) {
         Ok(()) => { println!("Successfully imported csv file."); }
         Err(err) => {
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ pub(crate) fn import_and_process_final(
         action_records: &mut HashMap<u32, ActionRecord>,
         raw_acct_map: &mut HashMap<u16, RawAccount>,
         acct_map: &mut HashMap<u16, Account>,
+        date_separator: &str,
     ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 
         let file = File::open(import_file_path)?; println!("CSV ledger file opened successfully.\n");
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ pub(crate) fn import_and_process_final(
             &mut rdr,
             transactions_map,
             action_records,
+            date_separator,
         )?;
 
         Ok(())

src/csv_import_accts_txns.rs

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ pub(crate) fn import_transactions(
     rdr: &mut csv::Reader<File>,
     txns_map: &mut HashMap<u32, Transaction>,
     action_records: &mut HashMap<u32, ActionRecord>,
+    sep: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 
     let mut this_tx_number = 0;
@@ -199,9 +200,12 @@ pub(crate) fn import_transactions(
             None => {}
         }
 
-        let tx_date = NaiveDate::parse_from_str(this_tx_date, "%m/%d/%y")
-            .unwrap_or(NaiveDate::parse_from_str(this_tx_date, "%m/%d/%Y")
-            .expect("%m/%d/%y (or %Y) format required for ledger import")
+        let format_yy: &str = &("%m".to_owned() + sep + &"%d" + sep + "%y");
+        let format_yyyy: &str = &("%m".to_owned() + sep + &"%d" + sep + "%Y");
+
+        let tx_date = NaiveDate::parse_from_str(this_tx_date, format_yy)
+            .unwrap_or(NaiveDate::parse_from_str(this_tx_date, format_yyyy)
+            .expect("\nFailed to parse date in input file. Check date separator character. Also %m/%d/%y (or %Y) format is required.\n")
         );
 
         let transaction = Transaction {

src/main.rs

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ mod skip_wizard;
 #[structopt(name = "cryptools")]
 pub(crate) struct Cli {
 
+    #[structopt(flatten)]
+    flags: Flags,
+
     /// File to be imported.  (Currently, the only supported date format is %m/%d/%y.)
     #[structopt(name = "file", parse(from_os_str))]
     file_to_import: Option<PathBuf>,
@@ -41,16 +44,18 @@ pub(crate) struct Cli {
     #[structopt(name = "output directory", short, long = "output", default_value = ".", parse(from_os_str))]
     output_dir_path: PathBuf,
 
-    /// This will prevent the program from writing the CSV to file. This will be ignored if -a is not set (the wizard will always ask to output).
-    #[structopt(name = "suppress reports", short, long = "suppress")]
-    suppress_reports: bool,
+    /// Choose "h" or "s" for hyphen or slash (i.e., "-" or "/") to indicate the separator character used
+    /// in the input file txDate column (i.e. 2017/12/31 or 2017-12-31).
+    #[structopt(name = "date separator character", short, long = "date-separator", default_value = "h", parse(from_os_str))]
+    date_separator: OsString,
 
     /// Cutoff date through which like-kind exchange treatment should be applied.
     /// Please use %y-%m-%d (or %Y-%m-%d) format for like-kind cutoff date entry.
-    #[structopt(name = "like-kind cutoff date", short, long = "cutoff", parse(from_os_str))]
-    cutoff_date: Option<OsString>,
+    #[structopt(name = "like-kind cutoff date", short, long = "lk-cutoff", parse(from_os_str))]
+    lk_cutoff_date: Option<OsString>,
 
-    /// Inventory costing method (in terms of lot selection, i.e., LIFO, FIFO, etc.). There are currently four options (1 through 4).
+    /// Inventory costing method (in terms of lot selection, i.e., LIFO, FIFO, etc.).
+    /// There are currently four options (1 through 4).
     #[structopt(name = "method", short, long, default_value = "1", parse(from_os_str), long_help =
     r"    1. LIFO according to the order the lot was created.
     2. LIFO according to the basis date of the lot.
@@ -59,13 +64,24 @@ pub(crate) struct Cli {
     ")]
     inv_costing_method: OsString,
 
-    /// Home currency (currency in which all resulting reports are denominated). (Only available as a command line setting.)
+    /// Home currency (currency in which all resulting reports are denominated).
+    /// (Only available as a command line setting.)
     #[structopt(name = "home currency", short = "c", long = "currency", default_value = "USD", parse(from_os_str))]
     home_currency: OsString,
+}
 
-    /// User is instructing the program to skip the data entry wizard. When set, program will error without required command-line args.
+#[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct Flags {
+
+    /// User is instructing the program to skip the data entry wizard.
+    /// When set, program will error without required command-line args.
     #[structopt(name = "accept args", short, long = "accept")]
     accept_args: bool,
+
+    /// This will prevent the program from writing reports to files.
+    /// This will be ignored if -a is not set (the wizard will always ask to output).
+    #[structopt(name = "suppress reports", short, long = "suppress")]
+    suppress_reports: bool,
 }
 
 
@@ -92,7 +108,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let like_kind_settings;
     let should_export;
 
-    if !args.accept_args {
+    if !args.flags.accept_args {
 
         let (
             account_map1,

src/skip_wizard.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::collections::{HashMap};
+use std::process;
 
 use crate::cli_user_choices;
 use crate::core_functions::{self, LikeKindSettings, ImportProcessParameters};
@@ -19,6 +20,12 @@ pub(crate) fn skip_wizard(args: super::Cli) -> Result<(
     bool
 ), Box<dyn Error>> {
 
+    let date_separator = match args.date_separator.into_string().unwrap().as_str() {
+        "h" => {"-"}
+        "s" => {"/"}
+        _ => { println!("\nFATAL: The date-separator arg requires either an 'h' or an 's'.\n"); process::exit(1) }
+    };
+
     let input_file_path;
 
     if let Some(file) = args.file_to_import {
@@ -37,7 +44,7 @@ pub(crate) fn skip_wizard(args: super::Cli) -> Result<(
     let like_kind_election;
     let like_kind_cutoff_date_string: String;
 
-    if let Some(date) = args.cutoff_date {
+    if let Some(date) = args.lk_cutoff_date {
         like_kind_election = true;
         like_kind_cutoff_date_string = date.into_string().unwrap();
     } else {
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ pub(crate) fn skip_wizard(args: super::Cli) -> Result<(
         costing_method: costing_method_choice,
         enable_like_kind_treatment: like_kind_election,
         lk_cutoff_date_string: like_kind_cutoff_date_string,
+        date_separator: date_separator.to_string(),
     };
 
     let (
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ pub(crate) fn skip_wizard(args: super::Cli) -> Result<(
         like_kind_settings1
     ) = core_functions::import_and_process_final(input_file_path, &settings)?;
 
-    let should_export = !args.suppress_reports;
+    let should_export = !args.flags.suppress_reports;
 
     Ok((account_map1, raw_acct_map1, action_records_map1, transactions_map1, like_kind_settings1, settings, should_export))
 }

src/wizard.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ pub(crate) fn wizard(args: super::Cli) -> Result<(
 
     shall_we_proceed()?;
 
+    let date_separator = match args.date_separator.into_string().unwrap().as_str() {
+        "h" => {"-"}
+        "s" => {"/"}
+        _ => { println!("\nFATAL: The date-separator arg requires either an 'h' or an 's'.\n"); process::exit(1) }
+    };
+
     let input_file_path;
 
     if let Some(file) = args.file_to_import {
@@ -40,7 +46,7 @@ pub(crate) fn wizard(args: super::Cli) -> Result<(
 
     let lk_cutoff_date_opt_string;
 
-    if let Some(lk_cutoff) = args.cutoff_date {
+    if let Some(lk_cutoff) = args.lk_cutoff_date {
         lk_cutoff_date_opt_string = Some(lk_cutoff.into_string().unwrap())
     } else {
         lk_cutoff_date_opt_string = None
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ pub(crate) fn wizard(args: super::Cli) -> Result<(
         costing_method: costing_method_choice,
         enable_like_kind_treatment: like_kind_election,
         lk_cutoff_date_string: like_kind_cutoff_date,
+        date_separator: date_separator.to_string(),
     };
 
     let (