matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #1210 by dmcdougall (2012-09-06 20:12:43+00:00)
Title: Add dateutil kwargs to csv2rec

Fixes ambiguous date problems between US/UK date conventions.

My attempt at resolving #208.

I'm not sure this is the best way to resolve this issue. Another option is to keep the `dateutil` stuff separate from the specific `csv2rec` kwargs by having only one `dateutil_properties` kwarg, say. This kwarg would take a dictionary of keyword arguments that are passed directly to the dateutil parser. The functionality would be the same, with the only difference being an aesthetic one.

Another method is suggested by @efiring in the comments in #208.