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323765896 MDU6SXNzdWUzMjM3NjU4OTY= 2142 add CFTimeIndex enabled date_range function 2443309 closed 0     1 2018-05-16T20:02:08Z 2018-09-19T20:24:40Z 2018-09-19T20:24:40Z MEMBER      

Pandas' date_range function is a fast and flexible way to create DateTimeIndex objects. Now that we have a functioning CFTimeIndex, it would be great to add a version of the date_range function that supports other calendars and dates out of range for Pandas.

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```python In [1]: import xarray as xr

In [2]: xr.date_range('2000-02-26', '2000-03-02') Out[2]: DatetimeIndex(['2000-02-26', '2000-02-27', '2000-02-28', '2000-02-29', '2000-03-01', '2000-03-02'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D')

In [3]: xr.date_range('2000-02-26', '2000-03-02', calendar='noleap') Out[3]: CFTimeIndex(['2000-02-26', '2000-02-27', '2000-02-28', '2000-03-01', '2000-03-02'], dtype='cftime.datetime', freq='D') ```

 
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