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Version: 0.2.x

DayIdxOfMonthsCycle

The class to get the i-th day of a predefined cycle of months. See _DayIdxOfCalendarUnit for more details.

Can be found in the classpath squirrels.dateutils.DayIdxOfMonthsCycle.

Constructor​

Creates a DayIdxOfMonthsCycle object.

Required Arguments:

  • idx: See _DayIdxOfCalendarUnit
  • num_months_in_cycle: An integer for the number of months per cycle. This must go into 12 evenly such that the cycle fits evenly in a year

Optional Keyword Arguments:

  • first_month_of_cycle: A Month for the first month of the cycle (January, February, March, etc.). Optional, default is January

Example:

Suppose you have 4-month "trimesters" starting in either March, July, or November. Given an input date, you want to find the 66th day of the current trimester. This can be done as follows:

from squirrels.dateutils import DayIdxOfMonthsCycle, Month
...
date_modifier = sr.dateutils.DayIdxOfMonthsCycle(66, 4, first_month_of_cycle=Month.March)
output_date = date_modifier.modify(input_date)