From ae2446efa39bf17597998698b77e95260dbadc4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris McBride <christopher.mcbride@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:39:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] tweak exp run_id to exclude colons in path

---
 smartsim/experiment.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/smartsim/experiment.py b/smartsim/experiment.py
index 442874f91..f525e8f85 100644
--- a/smartsim/experiment.py
+++ b/smartsim/experiment.py
@@ -182,7 +182,9 @@ def start(self, *jobs: Job | t.Sequence[Job]) -> tuple[LaunchedJobID, ...]:
         # Create the run id
         jobs_ = list(_helpers.unpack(jobs))
 
-        run_id = datetime.datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0).isoformat()
+        run_id = (
+            datetime.datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0).isoformat().replace(":", ".")
+        )
         root = pathlib.Path(self.exp_path, run_id)
         return self._dispatch(Generator(root), dispatch.DEFAULT_DISPATCHER, *jobs_)