Set generation time

[hyanwong]

I have a model from an ms command line:

d = demes.from_ms("-eN 0.01 0.1 -eN 0.06 1 -eN 0.2 0.5 -eN 1 1 -eN 2 2", N0=1e4)

I would like to convert that demes object to be measured in units of years, with a generation time of 25 years. I see a d.in_generations converter, but nothing to go the other way? What's the best way to do this?

[grahamgower]

Hey Yan,

This seems like a strange omission, but until now no one has asked for it. Below is a function I wrote to do this for stdpopsim models. It should probably be pulled into demes-python, with appropriate tests. Does this do what you want?

https://github.com/popsim-consortium/stdpopsim/blob/160098560cdf281d833e934c2e74b40b0d9bc5b7/maintenance/convert_to_demes.py#L14-L44

[hyanwong]

Yep, that looks right to me. Thanks for the quick response!