MultiIndex_to_datetime

postprocessinglib.utilities._helper_functions.MultiIndex_to_datetime(index: tuple) → str

Convert the MultiIndex value to a datetime value for use in the dataframe

Parameters:

index (tuple[int, int]) – an index representig the year and jday index of the dataframe

Returns:

a string of the date in the format “yyyy-mm-dd”

Return type:

str

Example

>>> # Convert the follwing multiindex values to datetime values: (2020, 1), (1995, 365), (2000, 60)
>>> from postprocessinglib.utilities import _helper_functions
>>> _helper_functions.MultiIndex_to_datetime((2020, 1))
"2020-01-01"
>>> _helper_functions.MultiIndex_to_datetime((1995, 365))
"1995-12-31"
>>> _helper_functions.MultiIndex_to_datetime((2000, 60))
"2000-02-29"