Re: [Matplotlib-users] datestr2num, dateutil.parse and timezone problems

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On 10/11/07, Charles Seaton <cs...@st...> wrote:

> Any suggestions on how to get either matplotlib.dates.datestr2num or
> dateutil.parser.parse to properly handle timezone information in the
> datestring would be greatly appreciated.

Not sure how to answer this question vis-a-vid dateutil.parser, but
you may want to consider creating your own datestr -> datetime
converter using time.strptime and then allowing mpl to convert to
numbers using date2num.  I think you can use the %Z format code for
timezones.

JDH