Converting Matlab's datenum format to Python

Question

I just started moving from Matlab to Python 2.7 and I have some trouble reading my .mat-files. Time information is stored in Matlab\'s datenum format. For those who are not

Answer 1

You link to the solution, it has a small issue. It is this:

python_datetime = datetime.fromordinal(int(matlab_datenum)) + timedelta(days=matlab_datenum%1) - timedelta(days = 366)

a longer explanation can be found here