Add dateutil kwargs to csv2rec

dmcdougall · dmcdougall · commit b096c81588da · 2012-09-06T20:54:48.000+01:00
Fixes ambiguous date problems between US/UK date conventions.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py b/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ def extract(r):
 
 def csv2rec(fname, comments='#', skiprows=0, checkrows=0, delimiter=',',
             converterd=None, names=None, missing='', missingd=None,
-            use_mrecords=False):
+            use_mrecords=False, dayfirst=False, yearfirst=False):
     """
     Load data from comma/space/tab delimited file in *fname* into a
     numpy record array and return the record array.
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ def mybool(x):
 
     def mydate(x):
         # try and return a date object
-        d = dateparser(x)
+        d = dateparser(x, dayfirst=dayfirst, yearfirst=yearfirst)
 
         if d.hour>0 or d.minute>0 or d.second>0:
             raise ValueError('not a date')
