From 698e0ddb347fa4b67a9ded9d1b8dbb452d8cffbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillaume Horel <guillaume.horel@serenitascapital.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:41:19 -0400
Subject: add convenience function to convert python dates

---
 zerocurve.pyx | 17 ++++-------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

(limited to 'zerocurve.pyx')

diff --git a/zerocurve.pyx b/zerocurve.pyx
index d86c0bd..6760d41 100644
--- a/zerocurve.pyx
+++ b/zerocurve.pyx
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from cpython cimport datetime
 from libc.stdlib cimport malloc, free
 from pyisda.zerocurve cimport JpmcdsBuildIRZeroCurve
 from pyisda.yearfrac cimport dcc
-from pyisda.date cimport (JpmcdsStringToDateInterval, JpmcdsDateIntervalToFreq,
-                          JpmcdsDate, JpmcdsDateFwdThenAdjust)
+from pyisda.date cimport (JpmcdsStringToDateInterval, pydate_to_TDate,
+                          JpmcdsDateIntervalToFreq, JpmcdsDateFwdThenAdjust)
 
 cdef int SUCCESS = 0
 
@@ -30,12 +30,7 @@ cdef class ZeroCurve:
            double float_freq
            TDateInterval ivl
            char* routine = 'zerocurve'
-           TDate value_date
-
-        if isinstance(date, datetime.date):
-            value_date = JpmcdsDate(date.year, date.month, date.day)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError
+           TDate value_date = pydate_to_TDate(date)
 
         self._dates = <TDate*>malloc(len(periods) * sizeof(TDate))
         cdef TDateInterval tmp
@@ -77,9 +72,5 @@ cdef class ZeroCurve:
     def discount_factor(self, date):
         if self._thisptr is NULL:
             raise ValueError('curve is empty')
-        cdef TDate discount_date
-        if isinstance(date, datetime.date):
-            discount_date = JpmcdsDate(date.year, date.month, date.day)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError
+        cdef TDate discount_date = pydate_to_TDate(date)
         return JpmcdsZeroPrice(self._thisptr, discount_date)
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