pcmdi_metrics.utils.date_to_str

pcmdi_metrics.utils.date_to_str(date_obj)[source]

Convert a date object to a string in ‘YYYY-MM-DD’ format.

Parameters:: date_obj (datetime.datetime or cftime.datetime) – The date object to convert.
Returns:: str – The date in ‘YYYY-MM-DD’ format.

Notes

This function handles both standard Python datetime objects and cftime datetime objects.

Examples

>>> from pcmdi_metrics.utils import date_to_str
>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> date_to_str(datetime(2001, 1, 1))
'2001-01-01'
>>> import cftime
>>> date_to_str(cftime.DatetimeGregorian(2001, 1, 1))
'2001-01-01'