xarray.CFTimeIndex.strftime

CFTimeIndex.strftime(date_format)

Return an Index of formatted strings specified by date_format, which supports the same string format as the python standard library. Details of the string format can be found in python string format doc

Parameters:

date_format (str) – Date format string (e.g. “%Y-%m-%d”)

Returns:

pandas.Index – Index of formatted strings

Examples

>>> rng = xr.date_range(
...     start="2000",
...     periods=5,
...     freq="2MS",
...     calendar="noleap",
...     use_cftime=True,
... )
>>> rng.strftime("%B %d, %Y, %r")
Index(['January 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM', 'March 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM',
       'May 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM', 'July 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM',
       'September 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM'],
      dtype='object')