Everything working pretty well.

src/submissions/backend/validators/__init__.py

@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ class RSLNamer(object):
             else:
                 today = data['submitted_date']
         else:
-            today = re.search(r"\d{4}(_|-)?\d{2}(_|-)?\d{2}", data['rsl_plate_num'])
             try:
+                today = re.search(r"\d{4}(_|-)?\d{2}(_|-)?\d{2}", data['rsl_plate_num'])
                 today = parse(today.group())
-            except AttributeError:
+            except (AttributeError, KeyError):
                 today = datetime.now()
         if "rsl_plate_num" in data.keys():
             plate_number = data['rsl_plate_num'].split("-")[-1][0]

src/submissions/backend/validators/pydant.py

@@ -642,7 +642,14 @@ class PydSubmission(BaseModel, extra='allow'):
                 new_item = {}
                 new_item['type'] = k
                 new_item['location'] = excel_map['info'][k]
-                new_item['value'] = v['value']
+                match k:
+                    case "comment":
+                        if v['value'] is not None:
+                            new_item['value'] = "--".join([comment['text'] for comment in v['value']])
+                        else:
+                            new_item['value'] = None
+                    case _:
+                        new_item['value'] = v['value']
                 new_info.append(new_item)
             except KeyError:
                 logger.error(f"Unable to fill in {k}, not found in relevant info.")