Help with dates

[wes weston]

Angelo Secchi wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I have a dictionary, data, with the following structure:
> 
> 
>>>>data['III']
> 
> 
> [['18-07-1994', '283.000000', '292.500000', '27712168.000000']
>  ['19-07-1994', '292.000000', '294.500000', '2492106.000000']
>  ['20-07-1994', '294.000000', '294.500000', '4881451.000000']
>  ['21-07-1994', '292.000000', '291.000000', '2183402.000000']
>  ['22-07-1994', '293.000000', '291.000000', '889050.000000']	
>  ['25-07-1994', '293.000000', '292.000000', '657931.000000']]
> 
> and I would like to create a "sort" of daily increments of, for example,
> the second column (ex. 292-283). I say "sort" since I do not need to
> consider week ends (i.e. I can consider them as one day) but I would
> also like to check if, in my database, there are big time jumps and
> possibly discard  corresponding increments. Where should I look for
> hints in how to solve this task?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> angelo
> 
> 
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angelo,
    Do you want to sort within one key's list/value? Would it be
better to have a key like ('III','18-07-1994') with
a value ('283.000000', '292.500000', '27712168.000000')? 'not sure
I understand what you're doing.
wes