Revert "Support first, last with datetime, timedelta (#402)"

This reverts commit 4f6164f.

flox/aggregate_numbagg.py

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
     "nanmean": {np.int_: np.float64},
     "nanvar": {np.int_: np.float64},
     "nanstd": {np.int_: np.float64},
-    "nanfirst": {np.datetime64: np.int64, np.timedelta64: np.int64},
-    "nanlast": {np.datetime64: np.int64, np.timedelta64: np.int64},
 }
 
 
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@ def _numbagg_wrapper(
     if cast_to:
         for from_, to_ in cast_to.items():
             if np.issubdtype(array.dtype, from_):
-                array = array.astype(to_, copy=False)
+                array = array.astype(to_)
 
     func_ = getattr(numbagg.grouped, f"group_{func}")
 

flox/core.py

@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
 )
 from .cache import memoize
 from .xrutils import (
-    _contains_cftime_datetimes,
-    _datetime_nanmin,
-    _to_pytimedelta,
-    datetime_to_numeric,
     is_chunked_array,
     is_duck_array,
     is_duck_cubed_array,
@@ -2477,8 +2473,7 @@ def groupby_reduce(
     has_dask = is_duck_dask_array(array) or is_duck_dask_array(by_)
     has_cubed = is_duck_cubed_array(array) or is_duck_cubed_array(by_)
 
-    is_first_last = _is_first_last_reduction(func)
-    if is_first_last:
+    if _is_first_last_reduction(func):
         if has_dask and nax != 1:
             raise ValueError(
                 "For dask arrays: first, last, nanfirst, nanlast reductions are "
@@ -2491,24 +2486,6 @@ def groupby_reduce(
                 "along a single axis or when reducing across all dimensions of `by`."
             )
 
-    # Flox's count works with non-numeric and its faster than converting.
-    is_npdatetime = array.dtype.kind in "Mm"
-    is_cftime = _contains_cftime_datetimes(array)
-    requires_numeric = (
-        (func not in ["count", "any", "all"] and not is_first_last)
-        or (func == "count" and engine != "flox")
-        or (is_first_last and is_cftime)
-    )
-    if requires_numeric:
-        if is_npdatetime:
-            offset = _datetime_nanmin(array)
-            # xarray always uses np.datetime64[ns] for np.datetime64 data
-            dtype = "timedelta64[ns]"
-            array = datetime_to_numeric(array, offset)
-        elif is_cftime:
-            offset = array.min()
-            array = datetime_to_numeric(array, offset, datetime_unit="us")
-
     if nax == 1 and by_.ndim > 1 and expected_ is None:
         # When we reduce along all axes, we are guaranteed to see all
         # groups in the final combine stage, so everything works.
@@ -2694,14 +2671,6 @@ def groupby_reduce(
 
     if is_bool_array and (_is_minmax_reduction(func) or _is_first_last_reduction(func)):
         result = result.astype(bool)
-
-    # Output of count has an int dtype.
-    if requires_numeric and func != "count":
-        if is_npdatetime:
-            return result.astype(dtype) + offset
-        elif is_cftime:
-            return _to_pytimedelta(result, unit="us") + offset
-
     return (result, *groups)
 
 

flox/xarray.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import xarray as xr
 from packaging.version import Version
+from xarray.core.duck_array_ops import _datetime_nanmin
 
 from .aggregations import Aggregation, Dim, _atleast_1d, quantile_new_dims_func
 from .core import (
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 )
 from .core import rechunk_for_blockwise as rechunk_array_for_blockwise
 from .core import rechunk_for_cohorts as rechunk_array_for_cohorts
+from .xrutils import _contains_cftime_datetimes, _to_pytimedelta, datetime_to_numeric
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from xarray.core.types import T_DataArray, T_Dataset
@@ -364,6 +366,22 @@ def wrapper(array, *by, func, skipna, core_dims, **kwargs):
             if "nan" not in func and func not in ["all", "any", "count"]:
                 func = f"nan{func}"
 
+        # Flox's count works with non-numeric and its faster than converting.
+        requires_numeric = func not in ["count", "any", "all"] or (
+            func == "count" and kwargs["engine"] != "flox"
+        )
+        if requires_numeric:
+            is_npdatetime = array.dtype.kind in "Mm"
+            is_cftime = _contains_cftime_datetimes(array)
+            if is_npdatetime:
+                offset = _datetime_nanmin(array)
+                # xarray always uses np.datetime64[ns] for np.datetime64 data
+                dtype = "timedelta64[ns]"
+                array = datetime_to_numeric(array, offset)
+            elif is_cftime:
+                offset = array.min()
+                array = datetime_to_numeric(array, offset, datetime_unit="us")
+
         result, *groups = groupby_reduce(array, *by, func=func, **kwargs)
 
         # Transpose the new quantile dimension to the end. This is ugly.
@@ -377,6 +395,13 @@ def wrapper(array, *by, func, skipna, core_dims, **kwargs):
                 # output dim order: (*broadcast_dims, *group_dims, quantile_dim)
                 result = np.moveaxis(result, 0, -1)
 
+        # Output of count has an int dtype.
+        if requires_numeric and func != "count":
+            if is_npdatetime:
+                return result.astype(dtype) + offset
+            elif is_cftime:
+                return _to_pytimedelta(result, unit="us") + offset
+
         return result
 
     # These data variables do not have any of the core dimension,

flox/xrutils.py

@@ -345,28 +345,6 @@ def _contains_cftime_datetimes(array) -> bool:
             return False
 
 
-def _datetime_nanmin(array):
-    """nanmin() function for datetime64.
-
-    Caveats that this function deals with:
-
-    - In numpy < 1.18, min() on datetime64 incorrectly ignores NaT
-    - numpy nanmin() don't work on datetime64 (all versions at the moment of writing)
-    - dask min() does not work on datetime64 (all versions at the moment of writing)
-    """
-    from .xrdtypes import is_datetime_like
-
-    dtype = array.dtype
-    assert is_datetime_like(dtype)
-    # (NaT).astype(float) does not produce NaN...
-    array = np.where(pd.isnull(array), np.nan, array.astype(float))
-    array = min(array, skipna=True)
-    if isinstance(array, float):
-        array = np.array(array)
-    # ...but (NaN).astype("M8") does produce NaT
-    return array.astype(dtype)
-
-
 def _select_along_axis(values, idx, axis):
     other_ind = np.ix_(*[np.arange(s) for s in idx.shape])
     sl = other_ind[:axis] + (idx,) + other_ind[axis:]

tests/test_core.py

@@ -2006,19 +2006,3 @@ def test_blockwise_avoid_rechunk():
     actual, groups = groupby_reduce(array, by, func="first")
     assert_equal(groups, ["", "0", "1"])
     assert_equal(actual, np.array([0, 0, 0], dtype=np.int64))
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("func", ["first", "last", "nanfirst", "nanlast"])
-def test_datetime_timedelta_first_last(engine, func):
-    import flox
-
-    idx = 0 if "first" in func else -1
-
-    dt = pd.date_range("2001-01-01", freq="d", periods=5).values
-    by = np.ones(dt.shape, dtype=int)
-    actual, _ = flox.groupby_reduce(dt, by, func=func, engine=engine)
-    assert_equal(actual, dt[[idx]])
-
-    dt = dt - dt[0]
-    actual, _ = flox.groupby_reduce(dt, by, func=func, engine=engine)
-    assert_equal(actual, dt[[idx]])