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The numpy manual for version 1.12 states on the topic of datetimes and timedeltas:

Note

The datetime API is experimental in 1.7.0, and may undergo changes in future versions of NumPy.

NumPy 1.7.0 was apparently released in February 2013, version 1.8.0 dates from October 2013, and version 1.9.0 was released in October 2014. Version 1.12 is expected late 2016 or early 2017.

Are there any concrete plans to stabilise the NumPy datetime64 and timedelta64 APIs? If yes, is there a target version beyond which we can expect such stabilisation? Or are there some major unsolved problems and should we expect it to remain experimental for the time being?

gerrit
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  • You should probably ask the developers. [It looks like there might be some open bugs still](https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues?q=datetime64) – Håken Lid Jan 22 '15 at 23:45
  • It is possible to declare the API to be stable even if there are outstanding bugs in the current implementation. – gerrit Jan 22 '15 at 23:46
  • Yes. maybe they just haven't updated the docs. You could open an issue asking for the docs to clarify if the api is still experimental in the latest version. – Håken Lid Jan 22 '15 at 23:57
  • Why the downvote? – gerrit Dec 15 '16 at 16:40

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