mpas_analysis.shared.timekeeping.utility.string_to_relative_delta

mpas_analysis.shared.timekeeping.utility.string_to_relative_delta(dateString, calendar='gregorian')[source]

Given a date string and a calendar, returns an instance of MpasRelativeDelta

Parameters
  • dateString (str) –

    A date and time in one of the following formats:

    YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
    YYYY-MM-DD hh.mm.ss
    YYYY-MM-DD SSSSS
    DDD hh:mm:ss
    DDD hh.mm.ss
    DDD SSSSS
    hh.mm.ss
    hh:mm:ss
    YYYY-MM-DD
    YYYY-MM
    SSSSS
    

    Note: either underscores or spaces can be used to separate the date from the time portion of the string.

  • calendar ({'gregorian', 'gregorian_noleap'}, optional) – The name of one of the calendars supported by MPAS cores

Returns

relativedelta (An MpasRelativeDelta object)

Raises

ValueError – If an invalid dateString is supplied.