docs: update help text for CLI dates argument

neherlab · Aug 11, 2024 · a96cbf0 · a96cbf0
1 parent 52d7e9a
commit a96cbf0
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/treetime/argument_parser.py b/treetime/argument_parser.py
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ def set_default_subparser(self, name, args=None, positional_args=0):
 
 aln_description = "alignment file (fasta)"
 
-dates_description = "csv file with dates for nodes with 'node_name, date' where date is float (as in 2012.15)"
+dates_description = "csv file with dates for nodes with 'node_name, date' where date is float (as in 2012.15) or in ISO-format (YYYY-MM-DD). "\
+                    "Imprecisely known dates can be specified as '2023-XX-XX' or [2013.2:2013.7]"
 
 coalescent_description = \
     "coalescent time scale -- sensible values are on the order of the average "\