quantlab.utils.date_range.label_ns#

quantlab.utils.date_range.label_ns(label)[source]#

Return a bar label (or any timestamp) as a nanosecond datetime64.

Parameters:

label: A bar label as metrics.json writes it (an ISO date or timestamp), or anything pd.Timestamp accepts.

Returns:

numpy.datetime64: The exact instant, at nanosecond resolution; a date is midnight.

Examples

>>> label_ns("2024-01-02")
np.datetime64('2024-01-02T00:00:00.000000000')