cf.s

cf.s(duration=1, month=1, day=1, hour=0, minute=0, second=0)[source]

Return a time duration of seconds in a cf.TimeDuration object.

cf.s() is equivalent to cf.TimeDuration(1, 'second').

New in version 1.0.

See also

cf.Y, cf.M, cf.D, cf.h, cf.m

Parameters
duration: number, optional

The number of hours in the time duration.

month, day, hour, minute, second: int, optional

The default date-time elements for defining the start and end of a time interval based on this time duration. See cf.TimeDuration and cf.TimeDuration.interval for details.

Parameter example:

cf.s(hour=6) is equivalent to cf.TimeDuration(1, 'seconds', hour=6).

Returns
TimeDuration

The new cf.TimeDuration object.

Examples:

>>> cf.s()
<CF TimeDuration: PT1S (Y-M-D h:m:s)>
>>> cf.s().interval(cf.dt(1999, 12, 1))
(cftime.DatetimeGregorian(1999-12-01 00:00:00),
 cftime.DatetimeGregorian(1999-12-01 00:00:01))
>>> cf.s(30)
<CF TimeDuration: PT30S (Y-M-D h:m:s)>
>>> cf.s(0.5)
<CF TimeDuration: PT0.5S (Y-M-D h:m:s)>
>>> cf.s(12.25)
<CF TimeDuration: PT12.25S (Y-M-D h:m:s)>
>>> cf.s(2.5, year=1999, hour=12)
cf.s(30, month=2, hour=12)
<CF TimeDuration: PT30S (Y-M-D h:m:s)>
>>> cf.s(0)
<CF TimeDuration: PT0S (Y-M-D h:m:s)>