`YMD_DD` generated variable inside a `RepeatDateList` does not get formatted as expected

[colonesej]

What happened?

I'd expect that YMD_DD generated variable would follow the convention and include a leading zero. The same also happens for YMD_MM as shown in the screenshot below.

I did not check other types of repeats and their generated variables.

What are the steps to reproduce the bug?

Version

5.14.0

Platform (OS and architecture)

HPC

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[marcosbento]

Hi @colonesej. Thank you for the feedback!

Your expectation seems quite reasonable, and aligned with the generation of Suite level variables DD and MM which are 0-padded.

I propose fixing the issue by ensuring that similar Repeat generated variables (i.e. for RepeatDate, RepeatDateTime, RepeatDateList) are all 0-padded.
Additionally, the documentation also needs to be updated to clearly specify the format used for each of the variables generated for each Repeat.

This should make it into the next upcoming release!