[Gretl-devel] Re: questions about Artur's calendar_utils package
Am 30.09.2021 um 19:40 schrieb Artur T.:
Am 30.09.21 um 18:27 schrieb Artur T.:
> Am 30.09.21 um 17:38 schrieb Sven Schreiber:
>> Am 30.09.2021 um 17:29 schrieb Artur T.:
> I am just working on a proposal supporting both quarterly and
monthly
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function scalar gdate_to_iso8601 (string date "Date string",
string frequency "Frequency of
observation")
Maybe there's a case for using an integer arg similar to $pd here,
allowing values 4 and 12.
/* This function only supports quarterly date strings as used
and
This old comment of mine should be updated I guess, if you aim to cover
monthly as well.
Here you find the tests which explain what that function does and is
expected to return:
https://github.com/atecon/calendar_utils/blob/feature/prepare-v03/tests/r...
The supported frequencies are quarterly and monthly data.
Is this what you had in mind?
In principle, yes I guess so. Thanks, Artur! Some further comments about
that stuff on github:
- is_valid_gdate_format: seems correct in context, but the name is a bit
misleading, since it doesn't allow the "." part.
- get_iso_date: What does "return: type, description" mean? It just
returns a number.
- get_iso_date: The comment "# first month in quarter" is
copied-n-pasted once too often, doesn't belong to the "monthly" case.
thanks
sven