Merge branch 'dev' into icephys-fixes

NeurodataWithoutBorders · Jul 9, 2019 · a796dfd · a796dfd
2 parents 116fd54 + b346401
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diff --git a/src/pynwb/io/file.py b/src/pynwb/io/file.py
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ class SubjectMap(ObjectMapper):
 
     @ObjectMapper.constructor_arg('date_of_birth')
     def dateconversion(self, builder, manager):
-        datestr = builder.get('date_of_birth').data
-        date = dateutil_parse(datestr)
-        return date
+        dob_builder = builder.get('date_of_birth')
+        if dob_builder is None:
+            return
+        else:
+            datestr = dob_builder.data
+            date = dateutil_parse(datestr)
+            return date
diff --git a/tests/integration/ui_write/test_nwbfile.py b/tests/integration/ui_write/test_nwbfile.py
@@ -207,6 +207,18 @@ def getContainer(self, nwbfile):
         return nwbfile.subject
 
 
+class TestEmptySubjectIO(TestSubjectIO):
+    def setUpContainer(self):
+        return Subject()
+
+    def setUpBuilder(self):
+        return GroupBuilder('subject',
+                            attributes={'namespace': base.CORE_NAMESPACE,
+                                        'neurodata_type': 'Subject',
+                                        'help': 'Information about the subject'},
+                            datasets={})
+
+
 class TestEpochsRoundtrip(base.TestMapRoundTrip):
 
     def setUpContainer(self):