esm_runscripts argument -s (--start_date) is not evaluated

[nwieters]

Describe the bug
The argument -s (or --start_date) given to esm_runscripts is not evaluated.

To Reproduce
Run
esm_runscripts awicm3-v3.1-levante-TCO95L91-CORE2_initial_test_WFM.yaml -e run_test_WFM_005 -t observe_compute -s 20000101 -r 1 -v --last-jobtype prepcompute --open-run

The argument -s is ignored and the date is evaluated from file <expid>_<setup>.date in scripts folder of the experiment.

Expected behavior
If this argument is given, the current_date should be set/overwritten by this argument and not from the <expid>_<setup>.date file.

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System (please complete the following information):

• Levante / Any
• Version 6.24.1

Additional context

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[mandresm]

Do not close this one, it's still an issue