loop over dates example

demo.py

from dateutil import rrule
from datetime import datetime

def get_selection_profiles_loop(start, end, shape, pres):
    
    now = datetime.strptime(start, "%Y-%m-%d")
    later = datetime.strptime(end, "%Y-%m-%d")

    previous = start
    profiles = []
    for dt in rrule.rrule(rrule.MONTHLY, dtstart=now, until=later):
        timestep = dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
        if timestep != previous:
            profiles += get_selection_profiles(previous, timestep, strShape, presRange)
            previous = timestep
    if previous != end:
        profiles += get_selection_profiles(previous, end, strShape, presRange)
    return profiles

startDate = '2020-04-01'
endDate = '2020-08-03'
profiles = get_selection_profiles_loop(startDate, endDate, strShape, presRange)