Added logic to raise a parser error with the appropriate information …

…if a Date header is not found in a reply from user section
ECN · Jul 1, 2021 · f7114c2 · f7114c2
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diff --git a/src/webqueue2api/parser/parser.py b/src/webqueue2api/parser/parser.py
@@ -75,6 +75,17 @@ def parse_section(original_string: str, match_start_index: int, tokens: pp.Parse
                         parsed_item.append(parse_error)
                         raise ParseError(parse_error["line_num"], f"{parse_error['got']} is a malfomred header or the start of message content without a newline")
 
+            if "Date" not in headers.keys():
+                content_start = tokens_dictionary["content"][0].strip().split("\n", 1)[0]
+                parse_error = {
+                    "type": "parse_error",
+                    "datetime": format_date_string(str(datetime.datetime.now())),
+                    "expected": "A Date header in the reply from user section",
+                    "got": content_start,
+                    "line_num": original_string[:original_string.find(content_start)].count("\n") + 1
+                }
+                raise ParseError(parse_error["line_num"], "Expected a 'Date' header in the reply from user section")
+
             headers_list = []
             for key in headers.keys():
                 headers_list.append({"type": key, "content": headers[key]})