Allow appending datetime and boolean data variables to zarr stores.

doc/whats-new.rst

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ Bug fixes
 - Fix :py:meth:`xarray.core.groupby.DataArrayGroupBy.reduce` and
   :py:meth:`xarray.core.groupby.DatasetGroupBy.reduce` when reducing over multiple dimensions.
   (:issue:`3402`). By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian/>`_
+- Allow appending datetime and bool data variables to zarr stores.
+  (:issue:`3480`). By `Akihiro Matsukawa <https://github.com/amatsukawa/>`_.
 
 Documentation
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xarray/backends/api.py

@@ -1234,6 +1234,8 @@ def _validate_datatypes_for_zarr_append(dataset):
     def check_dtype(var):
         if (
             not np.issubdtype(var.dtype, np.number)
+            and not np.issubdtype(var.dtype, np.datetime64)
+            and not np.issubdtype(var.dtype, np.bool)
             and not coding.strings.is_unicode_dtype(var.dtype)
             and not var.dtype == object
         ):

xarray/tests/test_dataset.py

@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ def create_append_test_data(seed=None):
     string_var = np.array(["ae", "bc", "df"], dtype=object)
     string_var_to_append = np.array(["asdf", "asdfg"], dtype=object)
     unicode_var = ["áó", "áó", "áó"]
+    datetime_var = np.array(['2019-01-01', '2019-01-02', '2019-01-03'], dtype='datetime64[s]')
+    datetime_var_to_append = np.array(['2019-01-04', '2019-01-05'], dtype='datetime64[s]')
+    bool_var = np.array([True, False, True], dtype=np.bool)
+    bool_var_to_append = np.array([False, True], dtype=np.bool)
 
     ds = xr.Dataset(
         data_vars={
@@ -102,6 +106,8 @@ def create_append_test_data(seed=None):
             "unicode_var": xr.DataArray(
                 unicode_var, coords=[time1], dims=["time"]
             ).astype(np.unicode_),
+            "datetime_var": xr.DataArray(datetime_var, coords=[time1], dims=["time"]),
+            "bool_var": xr.DataArray(bool_var, coords=[time1], dims=["time"]),
         }
     )
 
@@ -118,6 +124,12 @@ def create_append_test_data(seed=None):
             "unicode_var": xr.DataArray(
                 unicode_var[:nt2], coords=[time2], dims=["time"]
             ).astype(np.unicode_),
+            "datetime_var": xr.DataArray(
+                datetime_var_to_append, coords=[time2], dims=["time"]
+            ),
+            "bool_var": xr.DataArray(
+                bool_var_to_append, coords=[time2], dims=["time"]
+            ),
         }
     )
 
@@ -127,7 +139,7 @@ def create_append_test_data(seed=None):
                 rs.rand(3, 3, nt1 + nt2),
                 coords=[lat, lon, time1.append(time2)],
                 dims=["lat", "lon", "time"],
-            )
+            ),
         }
     )