2008/7/14 Francesc Alted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [...] > > DateArray([14-Jan-2001 14:34:33, 16-Jan-2001 10:09:11], > > freq='S') > > That's great. However we only planned to import/export dates from the > ``datetime`` module for the time being, mainly because of efficency but > also simplicity. Would many people be interested in seeing this kind > of string date parsing integrated in the native NumPy types? > > It's useful to have a complete string representation to write dates to a file and be able to retrieve them later on. In this sense, a strftime-like write/read method would be appreciated (where the date format is specified by the user or set by convention).
On the other hand, trying to second guess the format the date is formatted in can quickly turn into a regular expression nightmare (look at the mx.datetime module that does this). I'd hate to see you waste time on this. David
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