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1940536602 I_kwDOAMm_X85zqj0a 8298 cftime.DatetimeNoLeap incorrectly decoded from netCDF file 35968931 open 0     14 2023-10-12T18:13:53Z 2024-01-08T01:01:53Z   MEMBER      

What happened?

I have been given a netCDF file (I think it's netCDF3) which when I open it does not decode the time variable in the way I expected it to. The time coordinate created is a numpy object array

What did you expect to happen?

I expected it to automatically create a coordinate backed by a CFTimeIndex object, not a CFTimeIndex object wrapped inside another array type.

Minimal Complete Verifiable Example

The original problematic file is 455MB (I can share it if necessary), but I can create a small netCDF file that displays the same issue.

```python import cftime

time_values = [cftime.DatetimeNoLeap(347, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, has_year_zero=True)] time_ds = xr.Dataset(coords={'time': (['time'], time_values)}) print(time_ds) time_ds.to_netcdf('time_mwe.nc') <xarray.Dataset> Dimensions: (time: 1) Coordinates: * time (time) object 0347-02-01 00:00:00 Data variables: empty python ds = xr.open_dataset('time_mwe.nc', engine='netcdf4', decode_times=True, use_cftime=True) print(ds) <xarray.Dataset> Dimensions: (time: 1) Coordinates: * time (time) object 0347-02-01 00:00:00 Data variables: empty ```

MVCE confirmation

  • [X] Minimal example — the example is as focused as reasonably possible to demonstrate the underlying issue in xarray.
  • [X] Complete example — the example is self-contained, including all data and the text of any traceback.
  • [X] Verifiable example — the example copy & pastes into an IPython prompt or Binder notebook, returning the result.
  • [X] New issue — a search of GitHub Issues suggests this is not a duplicate.
  • [X] Recent environment — the issue occurs with the latest version of xarray and its dependencies.

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Anything else we need to know?

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Environment

cftime 1.6.2 netcdf4 1.6.4 xarray 2023.8.0

 
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