Add days_in_year and decimal_year to dt accessor (#9105)

* Add days_in_year and decimal_year to dt accessor

* Upd whats new - add gregorian calendar - rename to decimal_year

* Add to api.rst and pr number

* Add requires cftime decorators where needed

* Rewrite functions using suggestions from review

* cleaner custom date field - docstrings - remove bad merge

* add new fields to dask access test

* Revert to rollback method

* Revert "Revert to rollback method"

This reverts commit 3f429c9.

* explicit float cast?

* Revert back to rollback method

* Fix dask compatibility issues

* Approach that passes tests under NumPy 1.26.4

* Adapt decimal_year test to be more comprehensive

* Use proper sphinx roles for cross-referencing.

---------

Co-authored-by: Spencer Clark <[email protected]>

Author: aulemahal

doc/api.rst

@@ -529,9 +529,11 @@ Datetimelike properties
    DataArray.dt.quarter
    DataArray.dt.days_in_month
    DataArray.dt.daysinmonth
+   DataArray.dt.days_in_year
    DataArray.dt.season
    DataArray.dt.time
    DataArray.dt.date
+   DataArray.dt.decimal_year
    DataArray.dt.calendar
    DataArray.dt.is_month_start
    DataArray.dt.is_month_end

doc/whats-new.rst

@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ v2024.07.1 (unreleased)
 
 New Features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Add :py:attr:`~core.accessor_dt.DatetimeAccessor.days_in_year` and :py:attr:`~core.accessor_dt.DatetimeAccessor.decimal_year` to the Datetime accessor on DataArrays. (:pull:`9105`).
+  By `Pascal Bourgault <https://github.com/aulemahal>`_.
+
+Performance
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 - Make chunk manager an option in ``set_options`` (:pull:`9362`).
   By `Tom White <https://github.com/tomwhite>`_.
 - Support for :ref:`grouping by multiple variables <groupby.multiple>`.

xarray/coding/calendar_ops.py

@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
     _should_cftime_be_used,
     convert_times,
 )
-from xarray.core.common import _contains_datetime_like_objects, is_np_datetime_like
+from xarray.core.common import (
+    _contains_datetime_like_objects,
+    full_like,
+    is_np_datetime_like,
+)
+from xarray.core.computation import apply_ufunc
 
 try:
     import cftime
@@ -25,16 +30,6 @@
 ]
 
 
-def _days_in_year(year, calendar, use_cftime=True):
-    """Return the number of days in the input year according to the input calendar."""
-    date_type = get_date_type(calendar, use_cftime=use_cftime)
-    if year == -1 and calendar in _CALENDARS_WITHOUT_YEAR_ZERO:
-        difference = date_type(year + 2, 1, 1) - date_type(year, 1, 1)
-    else:
-        difference = date_type(year + 1, 1, 1) - date_type(year, 1, 1)
-    return difference.days
-
-
 def convert_calendar(
     obj,
     calendar,
@@ -191,11 +186,7 @@ def convert_calendar(
         # Special case for conversion involving 360_day calendar
         if align_on == "year":
             # Instead of translating dates directly, this tries to keep the position within a year similar.
-            new_doy = time.groupby(f"{dim}.year").map(
-                _interpolate_day_of_year,
-                target_calendar=calendar,
-                use_cftime=use_cftime,
-            )
+            new_doy = _interpolate_day_of_year(time, target_calendar=calendar)
         elif align_on == "random":
             # The 5 days to remove are randomly chosen, one for each of the five 72-days periods of the year.
             new_doy = time.groupby(f"{dim}.year").map(
@@ -242,16 +233,25 @@ def convert_calendar(
     return out
 
 
-def _interpolate_day_of_year(time, target_calendar, use_cftime):
-    """Returns the nearest day in the target calendar of the corresponding
-    "decimal year" in the source calendar.
-    """
-    year = int(time.dt.year[0])
-    source_calendar = time.dt.calendar
+def _is_leap_year(years, calendar):
+    func = np.vectorize(cftime.is_leap_year)
+    return func(years, calendar=calendar)
+
+
+def _days_in_year(years, calendar):
+    """The number of days in the year according to given calendar."""
+    if calendar == "360_day":
+        return full_like(years, 360)
+    return _is_leap_year(years, calendar).astype(int) + 365
+
+
+def _interpolate_day_of_year(times, target_calendar):
+    """Returns the nearest day in the target calendar of the corresponding "decimal year" in the source calendar."""
+    source_calendar = times.dt.calendar
     return np.round(
-        _days_in_year(year, target_calendar, use_cftime)
-        * time.dt.dayofyear
-        / _days_in_year(year, source_calendar, use_cftime)
+        _days_in_year(times.dt.year, target_calendar)
+        * times.dt.dayofyear
+        / _days_in_year(times.dt.year, source_calendar)
     ).astype(int)
 
 
@@ -260,18 +260,18 @@ def _random_day_of_year(time, target_calendar, use_cftime):
 
     Removes Feb 29th and five other days chosen randomly within five sections of 72 days.
     """
-    year = int(time.dt.year[0])
+    year = time.dt.year[0]
     source_calendar = time.dt.calendar
     new_doy = np.arange(360) + 1
     rm_idx = np.random.default_rng().integers(0, 72, 5) + 72 * np.arange(5)
     if source_calendar == "360_day":
         for idx in rm_idx:
             new_doy[idx + 1 :] = new_doy[idx + 1 :] + 1
-        if _days_in_year(year, target_calendar, use_cftime) == 366:
+        if _days_in_year(year, target_calendar) == 366:
             new_doy[new_doy >= 60] = new_doy[new_doy >= 60] + 1
     elif target_calendar == "360_day":
         new_doy = np.insert(new_doy, rm_idx - np.arange(5), -1)
-        if _days_in_year(year, source_calendar, use_cftime) == 366:
+        if _days_in_year(year, source_calendar) == 366:
             new_doy = np.insert(new_doy, 60, -1)
     return new_doy[time.dt.dayofyear - 1]
 
@@ -304,32 +304,45 @@ def _convert_to_new_calendar_with_new_day_of_year(
         return np.nan
 
 
-def _datetime_to_decimal_year(times, dim="time", calendar=None):
-    """Convert a datetime DataArray to decimal years according to its calendar or the given one.
+def _decimal_year_cftime(time, year, days_in_year, *, date_class):
+    year_start = date_class(year, 1, 1)
+    delta = np.timedelta64(time - year_start, "ns")
+    days_in_year = np.timedelta64(days_in_year, "D")
+    return year + delta / days_in_year
+
+
+def _decimal_year_numpy(time, year, days_in_year, *, dtype):
+    time = np.asarray(time).astype(dtype)
+    year_start = np.datetime64(int(year) - 1970, "Y").astype(dtype)
+    delta = time - year_start
+    days_in_year = np.timedelta64(days_in_year, "D")
+    return year + delta / days_in_year
+
+
+def _decimal_year(times):
+    """Convert a datetime DataArray to decimal years according to its calendar.
 
     The decimal year of a timestamp is its year plus its sub-year component
     converted to the fraction of its year.
     Ex: '2000-03-01 12:00' is 2000.1653 in a standard calendar,
       2000.16301 in a "noleap" or 2000.16806 in a "360_day".
     """
-    from xarray.core.dataarray import DataArray
-
-    calendar = calendar or times.dt.calendar
-
-    if is_np_datetime_like(times.dtype):
-        times = times.copy(data=convert_times(times.values, get_date_type("standard")))
-
-    def _make_index(time):
-        year = int(time.dt.year[0])
-        doys = cftime.date2num(time, f"days since {year:04d}-01-01", calendar=calendar)
-        return DataArray(
-            year + doys / _days_in_year(year, calendar),
-            dims=(dim,),
-            coords=time.coords,
-            name=dim,
-        )
-
-    return times.groupby(f"{dim}.year").map(_make_index)
+    if times.dtype == "O":
+        function = _decimal_year_cftime
+        kwargs = {"date_class": get_date_type(times.dt.calendar, True)}
+    else:
+        function = _decimal_year_numpy
+        kwargs = {"dtype": times.dtype}
+    return apply_ufunc(
+        function,
+        times,
+        times.dt.year,
+        times.dt.days_in_year,
+        kwargs=kwargs,
+        vectorize=True,
+        dask="parallelized",
+        output_dtypes=[np.float64],
+    )
 
 
 def interp_calendar(source, target, dim="time"):
@@ -372,9 +385,7 @@ def interp_calendar(source, target, dim="time"):
             f"Both 'source.{dim}' and 'target' must contain datetime objects."
         )
 
-    source_calendar = source[dim].dt.calendar
     target_calendar = target.dt.calendar
-
     if (
         source[dim].time.dt.year == 0
     ).any() and target_calendar in _CALENDARS_WITHOUT_YEAR_ZERO:
@@ -383,8 +394,8 @@ def interp_calendar(source, target, dim="time"):
         )
 
     out = source.copy()
-    out[dim] = _datetime_to_decimal_year(source[dim], dim=dim, calendar=source_calendar)
-    target_idx = _datetime_to_decimal_year(target, dim=dim, calendar=target_calendar)
+    out[dim] = _decimal_year(source[dim])
+    target_idx = _decimal_year(target)
     out = out.interp(**{dim: target_idx})
     out[dim] = target
     return out

xarray/coding/cftimeindex.py

@@ -801,6 +801,11 @@ def round(self, freq):
         """
         return self._round_via_method(freq, _round_to_nearest_half_even)
 
+    @property
+    def is_leap_year(self):
+        func = np.vectorize(cftime.is_leap_year)
+        return func(self.year, calendar=self.calendar)
+
 
 def _parse_iso8601_without_reso(date_type, datetime_str):
     date, _ = _parse_iso8601_with_reso(date_type, datetime_str)

xarray/core/accessor_dt.py

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
+from xarray.coding.calendar_ops import _decimal_year
 from xarray.coding.times import infer_calendar_name
 from xarray.core import duck_array_ops
 from xarray.core.common import (
     _contains_datetime_like_objects,
+    full_like,
     is_np_datetime_like,
     is_np_timedelta_like,
 )
@@ -543,6 +545,33 @@ def calendar(self) -> CFCalendar:
         """
         return infer_calendar_name(self._obj.data)
 
+    @property
+    def days_in_year(self) -> T_DataArray:
+        """Each datetime as the year plus the fraction of the year elapsed."""
+        if self.calendar == "360_day":
+            result = full_like(self.year, 360)
+        else:
+            result = self.is_leap_year.astype(int) + 365
+        newvar = Variable(
+            dims=self._obj.dims,
+            attrs=self._obj.attrs,
+            encoding=self._obj.encoding,
+            data=result,
+        )
+        return self._obj._replace(newvar, name="days_in_year")
+
+    @property
+    def decimal_year(self) -> T_DataArray:
+        """Convert the dates as a fractional year."""
+        result = _decimal_year(self._obj)
+        newvar = Variable(
+            dims=self._obj.dims,
+            attrs=self._obj.attrs,
+            encoding=self._obj.encoding,
+            data=result,
+        )
+        return self._obj._replace(newvar, name="decimal_year")
+
 
 class TimedeltaAccessor(TimeAccessor[T_DataArray]):
     """Access Timedelta fields for DataArrays with Timedelta-like dtypes.

xarray/tests/test_accessor_dt.py

@@ -142,6 +142,17 @@ def test_strftime(self) -> None:
             "2000-01-01 01:00:00" == self.data.time.dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")[1]
         )
 
+    @requires_cftime
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "calendar,expected",
+        [("standard", 366), ("noleap", 365), ("360_day", 360), ("all_leap", 366)],
+    )
+    def test_days_in_year(self, calendar, expected) -> None:
+        assert (
+            self.data.convert_calendar(calendar, align_on="year").time.dt.days_in_year
+            == expected
+        ).all()
+
     def test_not_datetime_type(self) -> None:
         nontime_data = self.data.copy()
         int_data = np.arange(len(self.data.time)).astype("int8")
@@ -177,6 +188,7 @@ def test_not_datetime_type(self) -> None:
             "is_year_start",
             "is_year_end",
             "is_leap_year",
+            "days_in_year",
         ],
     )
     def test_dask_field_access(self, field) -> None:
@@ -698,3 +710,46 @@ def test_cftime_round_accessor(
         result = cftime_rounding_dataarray.dt.round(freq)
 
     assert_identical(result, expected)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "use_cftime",
+    [False, pytest.param(True, marks=requires_cftime)],
+    ids=lambda x: f"use_cftime={x}",
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "use_dask",
+    [False, pytest.param(True, marks=requires_dask)],
+    ids=lambda x: f"use_dask={x}",
+)
+def test_decimal_year(use_cftime, use_dask) -> None:
+    year = 2000
+    periods = 10
+    freq = "h"
+
+    shape = (2, 5)
+    dims = ["x", "y"]
+    hours_in_year = 24 * 366
+
+    times = xr.date_range(f"{year}", periods=periods, freq=freq, use_cftime=use_cftime)
+
+    da = xr.DataArray(times.values.reshape(shape), dims=dims)
+
+    if use_dask:
+        da = da.chunk({"y": 2})
+        # Computing the decimal year for a cftime datetime array requires a
+        # number of small computes (6):
+        # - 4x one compute per .dt accessor call (requires inspecting one
+        #   object-dtype array element to see if it is time-like)
+        # - 2x one compute per calendar inference (requires inspecting one
+        #   array element to read off the calendar)
+        max_computes = 6 * use_cftime
+        with raise_if_dask_computes(max_computes=max_computes):
+            result = da.dt.decimal_year
+    else:
+        result = da.dt.decimal_year
+
+    expected = xr.DataArray(
+        year + np.arange(periods).reshape(shape) / hours_in_year, dims=dims
+    )
+    xr.testing.assert_equal(result, expected)