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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _parse_array_of_cftime_strings(strings, date_type):
 """Create a numpy array from an array of strings. For use in generating dates from strings for use with interp. Assumes the array is either 0-dimensional or 1-dimensional. Parameters strings : array of strings Strings to convert to dates date_type : cftime.datetime type Calendar type to use for dates Returns ------- np.array """

    return np.array([_parse_iso8601_without_reso(date_type, s)
                     for s in strings.ravel()]).reshape(strings.shape)