Util

Functions for dates

datetime_ymd(dt)	convert [doy, year] into datetime.datetime
dy_datetime(dt)
is_leap_year(year)	if year is a leap year return True else return False
doy(Y[, M, D])	given year, month, day return day of year Astronomical Algorithms, Jean Meeus, 2d ed, 1998, chap 7
woy(time_curr[, year])	given the current datetime or doy and year, lookup the week of the year
ymd(Y[, N])	given year = Y and day of year = N, return year, month, day Astronomical Algorithms, Jean Meeus, 2d ed, 1998, chap 7
full_steps_timediff(d1, d2[, settingtime])	calculate the timesteps in weeks, months and days between 2 dates.
timestep_gen(cls)	yields a timestep
days_dt(dt)	calculate the number of days for any month
days_in_month(dt)	calculate the number of days for any month for individual (year, dayOfYear), datetime.datetime or lists of these
stressperiod_day(**kwargs)	returns a list with the number of days for each stress period.

Utility functions

class_by_bisect(value, ranges[, direction])	bisect an list for a value and return the position
make_shape_two(item[, date, length, filler])	returns a string with a given length.
load_obj_compressed(name[, ending])	Loads a prickle binary file.
save_obj(name, obj[, ending])	Save a struct or list into a prickle binary file.
load_obj(name[, ending])	Load a prickle binary file.