determine if a variable is datetime-like?

[mathause]

Is there a good way to determine if a variable is datetime like? There is

xarray/xarray/core/common.py

Line 2106 in e8b1daf

def _contains_datetime_like_objects(var: T_Variable) -> bool:

but it's not public. Is there another succinct way to do this?

[spencerkclark]

There is not really a clean way I am aware of at the moment. If you have a DataArray, hasattr(da, "dt") would be somewhat of a roundabout public way of getting at it, but it's not the most explicit.