# xarray.CFTimeIndex.strftime

`CFTimeIndex.``strftime`(date_format)

  Return an Index of formatted strings specified by date_format, which supports the same string format as the python standard library. Details of the string format can be found in python string format doc

  Parameters: | date_format (str) – Date format string (e.g. “%Y-%m-%d”)
  Returns: | Index of formatted strings
  Return type: | pandas.Index

  Examples

      >>> rng = xr.cftime_range(start='2000', periods=5, freq='2MS',
      ...                       calendar='noleap')
      >>> rng.strftime('%B %d, %Y, %r')
      Index(['January 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM', 'March 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM',
             'May 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM', 'July 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM',
             'September 01, 2000, 12:00:00 AM'],
            dtype='object')