[Numpy-discussion] strange conversion integer to float

[Alex van Houten]

Try this:
$ python
Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Apr 12 2011, 16:15:16) 
[GCC 4.6.0 20110331 (Red Hat 4.6.0-2)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy as np
>>> np.__version__
'1.5.1'
>>> time=[]
>>> time.append(20091231)
>>> time_array=np.array(time,'f')
>>> time_array
array([ 20091232.], dtype=float32)
20091231--->20091232 Why?
Note:
>>> float(20091231)
20091231.0

Thanks,
Alex.
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