python date2num_将Matplotlib的strpdate2num与Python 3.2一起使用时发生TypeError

In my current project I want to read some experimental data from a text file into Python using the following code:

import numpy as np

from matplotlib.dates import strpdate2num

data = np.recfromtxt('example.txt',

comments='#',

delimiter=';',

names=('time', 't_ref', 't_s', 't_amb1', 't_amb2', 't_amb3')

,converters={'time': strpdate2num('"%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S"')}

)

with example.txt looking like

"04.10.2012 08:15:27";14.4;16;12.78;12.65;12.52

"04.10.2012 08:15:37";14.4;16;12.78;12.65;12.5

"04.10.2012 08:15:47";14.4;16;12.78;12.62;12.5

"04.10.2012 08:15:57";14.4;15.9;12.78;12.65;12.52

...

In Python 2.7, all is well, but when I try to transfer the code in 3.2, I get a TypeError from strpdate2num() saying

TypeError: strptime() argument 0 must be str, not

I am fairly new to Python, but my theory is that NumPy somehow stores the time-array internally as byte instead of string, which collides with the stricter handling of both since Python 3.

Long story short, do you have any idea what might be the cause how to fix that?

解决方案

The workaround of unutbu work perfectly fine. Meanwhile it seems that the issue has been addressed. Using bytespdate2num() instead of strpdate2num() works for me.