#1800 - Simplified a bunch of stuff in the file system in prep for services and applications. Started adding the database logic. Waiting for the software manager/session manager work from another ticket.

src/primaite/simulator/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
 from primaite import _PRIMAITE_ROOT
 
-TEMP_SIM_OUTPUT = _PRIMAITE_ROOT.parent.parent / "simulation_output"
+SIM_OUTPUT = None
 "A path at the repo root dir to use temporarily for sim output testing while in dev."
 # TODO: Remove once we integrate the simulation into PrimAITE and it uses the primaite session path
+
+if not SIM_OUTPUT:
+    session_timestamp = datetime.now()
+    date_dir = session_timestamp.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+    sim_path = session_timestamp.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
+    SIM_OUTPUT = _PRIMAITE_ROOT.parent.parent / "simulation_output" / date_dir / sim_path
+    SIM_OUTPUT.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)