chimeric_tools.Time

chimeric_tools.Time.fromDate2Epiweek(DateString)

Return the epidemic week that corresponds to a date in YYYY-mm-dd format

Param:

a string in the format YYYY-mm-dd

Returns:

the epiweek

Return type:

INT

chimeric_tools.Time.fromDates2Epiweeks(datelist)

Return the epidemic weeks that corresponds to a list of dates in YYYY-mm-dd format

Param:

a list of strings in the format YYYY-mm-dd

Returns:

a list of epiweeks

Return type:

LIST

chimeric_tools.Time.getClosestDay(numericDay)

The user enters a value corresponding to the days of the week: Sunday (0)-Saturday(6) and this function returns the closest date YYYY-mm-dd with this day of the week.

Param:

numericDay(0-6)

Returns:

YYYY-mm-dd

Return type:

str

# Return the YYYY-MM-DD of the closest Wednesday getClosestDay(3)

chimeric_tools.Time.todayEpiWeek()

Return the epidemic week that corresponds to today date in YYYY-mm-dd format

Param:

None

Returns:

the epiweek

Return type:

INT