html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3834#issuecomment-595519344,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3834,595519344,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU5NTUxOTM0NA==,1217238,2020-03-06T00:47:45Z,2020-03-06T00:47:45Z,MEMBER,"Right, it casts to NumPy because it needs to look at the data to figure out `units` and `calendar`. That said, if you pre-supply `units` and `calendar` there's no reason why it couldn't work with dask arrays. That would probably be a worthwhile refactor.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,576502871