num2date

typhon.utils.num2date(times, units, calendar=None)[source]

Convert an array of integers into datetime objects.

This function optimizes the num2date function of python-netCDF4 if the standard calendar is used.

Parameters
  • times – An array of integers representing timestamps.

  • units – A string with the format “{unit} since {epoch}”, e.g. “seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00”.

  • calendar – (optional) Standard is gregorian. If others are used, netCDF4.num2date will be called.

Returns

Either an array of numpy.datetime64 objects (if standard gregorian calendar is used), otherwise an array of python datetime objects.