How to convert ladybug.dt.DateTime into list or tuple?

[Zed]

Construct Discontinuous Data Collection

Hi, First off, the new release is great! However, I have found an issue. I’m not sure if i’m missing something so thought I would post the problem and my solution. First Issue The issue is with the LB Construct Data component. I’m trying to construct a discontinuous data collection, however the component appears to only allow for a continuous data collection. To recreate, i’m using Direct Sun Hours with an Analysis Period between 8am to 2pm full year. The following is the error i get when cre…

I tried to follow the instruction of this post and modified my ‘LB construct Data’ and got an error report when I connected ‘datetimes’ input to the ‘dates’ output of the ‘Analysis Period’ component.

1. Solution exception:datetimes should be a list or tuple. Got <class 'ladybug.dt.DateTime'>

how to generate the ‘datetimes’ as was mentioned above?

problem about datetimes.gh (22.0 KB)

[Zed]

BTW merry Christmas eve to you all！

[Zed]

Can anybody give me a clue about this question and I’ll search for the answer.

[Zed]

Done, just use the list item. I was so DUMB, @chris sorry but can you delete this topic?

[Zed]

And I really should learn to code

[chris]

This is all good, @Zed . There’s no need to delete the topic. Also, FYI, I just added support for creating discontinuous data collections with the “LB Construct Data” component:

fix(analyze): Allow construction of discontinuous collections

It only works for the case that the _values align perfectly with the _a_period_ so you’ll still need to input datetimes if the number of hoys in the analysis period doesn’t match the number of values. However, it will address your specific case here since you are taking the dates from the analysis period component.