From 3135f8af5ba9f7acc0f4dbad74a3a2821631293c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:04:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Bump ruff from 0.16.10 to 0.17.1

Bumps [ruff](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff) from 0.16.10 to 0.17.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/compare/0.16.10...0.17.1)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: ruff
  dependency-version: 0.17.1
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 pyproject.toml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 580805f94f..534cb339f4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ docs = [
   "mkdocs-gen-files",
   "mkdocs-literate-nav",
 ]
-lint = ["pre-commit>=2.16.0", "ruff==0.16.10", "ty"]
+lint = ["pre-commit>=2.16.0", "ruff==0.17.1", "ty"]
 all = ["process[test,docs,lint,examples,plotly]", "toml"]
 
 [project.scripts]
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ deploy = "mkdocs gh-deploy"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
 detached     = true                           # Don't inherit from default (does not download project dependencies)
-dependencies = ["pre-commit", "ruff==0.16.10", "ty"]
+dependencies = ["pre-commit", "ruff==0.17.1", "ty"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 fmt    = ["pre-commit run --all-files --hook-stage manual {args:}"]

From 89b05a434693f835abb1d78ab919bfcf3346487a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Nunn <timothy.nunn@ukaea.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:20:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update ruff in pre-commit

---
 .pre-commit-config.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 34bf1da3e0..a8a1e579cd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repos:
       - id: check-merge-conflict
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.16.10
+    rev: v0.17.1
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-check
         args: [--fix]

From fc0663b0d9278aa5e76b06d3b7a1ea8423868368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Nunn <timothy.nunn@ukaea.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:24:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] import datetime as dt

---
 process/core/init.py      | 6 +++---
 tracking/tracking_data.py | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/process/core/init.py b/process/core/init.py
index 922a360825..4b5b537029 100644
--- a/process/core/init.py
+++ b/process/core/init.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import datetime
+import datetime as dt
 import getpass
 import logging
 import socket
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ def run_summary(data: DataStructure):
         process_output.ocmmnt(outfile, f"Git Tag : {git_tag}")
         process_output.ocmmnt(outfile, f"Git Branch : {git_branch}")
 
-        date_string = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC).strftime("%d/%m/%Y %Z")
-        time_string = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC).strftime("%H:%M")
+        date_string = dt.datetime.now(dt.UTC).strftime("%d/%m/%Y %Z")
+        time_string = dt.datetime.now(dt.UTC).strftime("%H:%M")
 
         process_output.ocmmnt(outfile, f"Date : {date_string}")
         process_output.ocmmnt(outfile, f"Time : {time_string}")
diff --git a/tracking/tracking_data.py b/tracking/tracking_data.py
index 17572bce5b..7811468e2d 100644
--- a/tracking/tracking_data.py
+++ b/tracking/tracking_data.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
-import datetime
+import datetime as dt
 import itertools
 import json
 import logging
@@ -401,9 +401,9 @@ def _add_variables(self, json_file_data):
 
         # common format for the timestamp of the run
         data_time_str = f"{date_str.strip()} - {time_str.strip()}"
-        date_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(
-            data_time_str, "%d/%m/%Y - %H:%M"
-        ).replace(tzinfo=datetime.UTC)
+        date_time = dt.datetime.strptime(data_time_str, "%d/%m/%Y - %H:%M").replace(
+            tzinfo=dt.UTC
+        )
 
         tracking_data = json_file_data.get(
             "tracking", []