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Author: scivision

pymap3d/timeconv.py

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+import numpy as np
+from six import string_types
+from dateutil.parser import parse
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def str2dt(t):
+    """
+    output: datetime
+    """
+
+    t = np.atleast_1d(t)
+    if isinstance(t[0], string_types):
+        t = np.array([parse(T) for T in t])
+
+    assert isinstance(t[0], datetime), 'did not convert {} to datetime'.format(type(t[0]))
+
+    return t[()]   # [()] to pop scalar from 0d array while being OK with ndim>0