mxDateTime package question

[Steve Holden]

Prashant Pai wrote:
> I have a Julian (?) date string '2000238' (format YYYYDDD) which
> corresponds to 2000/08/25
> 
> How do I create a correct DateTime object with this?
> 
> thanks

You could try

 >>> jd = "2000238"
 >>> y = int(jd[:4])
 >>> d = int(jd[4:])-1
 >>> yd = mx.DateTime.DateTime(y)
 >>> dinc = mx.DateTime.DateTimeDeltaFromDays(d)
 >>> result = yd+dinc
 >>> result
<DateTime object for '2000-08-25 00:00:00.00' at a0d4620>
 >>>

but there may well be more efficient ways.

regards
  Steve
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