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    Time series / date functionality

    pandas contains extensive capabilities and features for working with time series data for all domains. Using the NumPy datetime64 and timedelta64 dtypes, pandas has consolidated a large number of features from other Python libraries like scikits.timeseries as well as created a tremendous amount of new functionality for manipulating time series data.

    For example, pandas supports:

    Parsing time series information from various sources and formats

    In [1]: import datetime
    In [2]: dti = pd.to_datetime(['1/1/2018', np.datetime64('2018-01-01'),
       ...:                       datetime.datetime(2018, 1, 1)])
    In [3]: dti
    Out[3]: DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-01', '2018-01-01'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    

    Generate sequences of fixed-frequency dates and time spans

    In [4]: dti = pd.date_range('2018-01-01', periods=3, freq='H')
    In [5]: dti
    Out[5]: 
    DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01 00:00:00', '2018-01-01 01:00:00',
                   '2018-01-01 02:00:00'],
                  dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='H')
    

    Manipulating and converting date times with timezone information

    In [6]: dti = dti.tz_localize('UTC') In [7]: dti Out[7]: DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01 00:00:00+00:00', '2018-01-01 01:00:00+00:00', '2018-01-01 02:00:00+00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, UTC]', freq='H') In [8]: dti.tz_convert('US/Pacific') Out[8]: DatetimeIndex(['2017-12-31 16:00:00-08:00', '2017-12-31 17:00:00-08:00', '2017-12-31 18:00:00-08:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Pacific]', freq='H')

    Resampling or converting a time series to a particular frequency

    In [9]: idx = pd.date_range('2018-01-01', periods=5, freq='H') In [10]: ts = pd.Series(range(len(idx)), index=idx) In [11]: ts Out[11]: 2018-01-01 00:00:00 0 2018-01-01 01:00:00 1 2018-01-01 02:00:00 2 2018-01-01 03:00:00 3 2018-01-01 04:00:00 4 Freq: H, dtype: int64 In [12]: ts.resample('2H').mean() Out[12]: 2018-01-01 00:00:00 0.5 2018-01-01 02:00:00 2.5 2018-01-01 04:00:00 4.0 Freq: 2H, dtype: float64

    Performing date and time arithmetic with absolute or relative time increments

    In [13]: friday = pd.Timestamp('2018-01-05')
    In [14]: friday.day_name()
    Out[14]: 'Friday'
    # Add 1 day
    In [15]: saturday = friday + pd.Timedelta('1 day')
    In [16]: saturday.day_name()
    Out[16]: 'Saturday'
    # Add 1 business day (Friday --> Monday)
    In [17]: monday = friday + pd.offsets.BDay()
    In [18]: monday.day_name()
    Out[18]: 'Monday'
    

    pandas provides a relatively compact and self-contained set of tools for performing the above tasks and more.

    Overview

    pandas captures 4 general time related concepts:

  • Date times: A specific date and time with timezone support. Similar to datetime.datetime from the standard library.
  • Time deltas: An absolute time duration. Similar to datetime.timedelta from the standard library.
  • Time spans: A span of time defined by a point in time and its associated frequency.
  • Date offsets: A relative time duration that respects calendar arithmetic. Similar to dateutil.relativedelta.relativedelta from the dateutil package.
  • For time series data, it’s conventional to represent the time component in the index of a Series or DataFrame so manipulations can be performed with respect to the time element.

    In [19]: pd.Series(range(3), index=pd.date_range('2000', freq='D', periods=3))
    Out[19]: 
    2000-01-01    0
    2000-01-02    1
    2000-01-03    2
    Freq: D, dtype: int64
    

    However, Series and DataFrame can directly also support the time component as data itself.

    In [20]: pd.Series(pd.date_range('2000', freq='D', periods=3))
    Out[20]: 
    0   2000-01-01
    1   2000-01-02
    2   2000-01-03
    dtype: datetime64[ns]
    

    Series and DataFrame have extended data type support and functionality for datetime, timedelta and Period data when passed into those constructors. DateOffset data however will be stored as object data.

    In [21]: pd.Series(pd.period_range('1/1/2011', freq='M', periods=3)) Out[21]: 0 2011-01 1 2011-02 2 2011-03 dtype: period[M] In [22]: pd.Series([pd.DateOffset(1), pd.DateOffset(2)]) Out[22]: 0 <DateOffset> 1 <2 * DateOffsets> dtype: object In [23]: pd.Series(pd.date_range('1/1/2011', freq='M', periods=3)) Out[23]: 0 2011-01-31 1 2011-02-28 2 2011-03-31 dtype: datetime64[ns]

    Lastly, pandas represents null date times, time deltas, and time spans as NaT which is useful for representing missing or null date like values and behaves similar as np.nan does for float data.

    In [24]: pd.Timestamp(pd.NaT) Out[24]: NaT In [25]: pd.Timedelta(pd.NaT) Out[25]: NaT In [26]: pd.Period(pd.NaT) Out[26]: NaT # Equality acts as np.nan would In [27]: pd.NaT == pd.NaT Out[27]: False

    Timestamps vs. Time Spans

    Timestamped data is the most basic type of time series data that associates values with points in time. For pandas objects it means using the points in time.

    In [28]: pd.Timestamp(datetime.datetime(2012, 5, 1)) Out[28]: Timestamp('2012-05-01 00:00:00') In [29]: pd.Timestamp('2012-05-01') Out[29]: Timestamp('2012-05-01 00:00:00') In [30]: pd.Timestamp(2012, 5, 1) Out[30]: Timestamp('2012-05-01 00:00:00')

    However, in many cases it is more natural to associate things like change variables with a time span instead. The span represented by Period can be specified explicitly, or inferred from datetime string format.

    For example:

    In [31]: pd.Period('2011-01') Out[31]: Period('2011-01', 'M') In [32]: pd.Period('2012-05', freq='D') Out[32]: Period('2012-05-01', 'D')

    Timestamp and Period can serve as an index. Lists of Timestamp and Period are automatically coerced to DatetimeIndex and PeriodIndex respectively.

    In [33]: dates = [pd.Timestamp('2012-05-01'), ....: pd.Timestamp('2012-05-02'), ....: pd.Timestamp('2012-05-03')] ....: In [34]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(3), dates) In [35]: type(ts.index) Out[35]: pandas.core.indexes.datetimes.DatetimeIndex In [36]: ts.index Out[36]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-05-01', '2012-05-02', '2012-05-03'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None) In [37]: ts Out[37]: 2012-05-01 0.469112 2012-05-02 -0.282863 2012-05-03 -1.509059 dtype: float64 In [38]: periods = [pd.Period('2012-01'), pd.Period('2012-02'), pd.Period('2012-03')] In [39]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(3), periods) In [40]: type(ts.index) Out[40]: pandas.core.indexes.period.PeriodIndex In [41]: ts.index Out[41]: PeriodIndex(['2012-01', '2012-02', '2012-03'], dtype='period[M]', freq='M') In [42]: ts Out[42]: 2012-01 -1.135632 2012-02 1.212112 2012-03 -0.173215 Freq: M, dtype: float64

    pandas allows you to capture both representations and convert between them. Under the hood, pandas represents timestamps using instances of Timestamp and sequences of timestamps using instances of DatetimeIndex. For regular time spans, pandas uses Period objects for scalar values and PeriodIndex for sequences of spans. Better support for irregular intervals with arbitrary start and end points are forth-coming in future releases.

    Converting to timestamps

    To convert a Series or list-like object of date-like objects e.g. strings, epochs, or a mixture, you can use the to_datetime function. When passed a Series, this returns a Series (with the same index), while a list-like is converted to a DatetimeIndex:

    In [43]: pd.to_datetime(pd.Series(['Jul 31, 2009', '2010-01-10', None])) Out[43]: 0 2009-07-31 1 2010-01-10 2 NaT dtype: datetime64[ns] In [44]: pd.to_datetime(['2005/11/23', '2010.12.31']) Out[44]: DatetimeIndex(['2005-11-23', '2010-12-31'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)

    If you use dates which start with the day first (i.e. European style), you can pass the dayfirst flag:

    In [45]: pd.to_datetime(['04-01-2012 10:00'], dayfirst=True) Out[45]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-01-04 10:00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None) In [46]: pd.to_datetime(['14-01-2012', '01-14-2012'], dayfirst=True) Out[46]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-01-14', '2012-01-14'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)

    Warning

    You see in the above example that dayfirst isn’t strict, so if a date can’t be parsed with the day being first it will be parsed as if dayfirst were False.

    If you pass a single string to to_datetime, it returns a single Timestamp. Timestamp can also accept string input, but it doesn’t accept string parsing options like dayfirst or format, so use to_datetime if these are required.

    In [47]: pd.to_datetime('2010/11/12') Out[47]: Timestamp('2010-11-12 00:00:00') In [48]: pd.Timestamp('2010/11/12') Out[48]: Timestamp('2010-11-12 00:00:00')

    You can also use the DatetimeIndex constructor directly:

    In [49]: pd.DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-03', '2018-01-05'])
    Out[49]: DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-03', '2018-01-05'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    

    The string ‘infer’ can be passed in order to set the frequency of the index as the inferred frequency upon creation:

    In [50]: pd.DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-03', '2018-01-05'], freq='infer')
    Out[50]: DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-03', '2018-01-05'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='2D')
    

    Providing a format argument

    In addition to the required datetime string, a format argument can be passed to ensure specific parsing. This could also potentially speed up the conversion considerably.

    In [51]: pd.to_datetime('2010/11/12', format='%Y/%m/%d') Out[51]: Timestamp('2010-11-12 00:00:00') In [52]: pd.to_datetime('12-11-2010 00:00', format='%d-%m-%Y %H:%M') Out[52]: Timestamp('2010-11-12 00:00:00')

    For more information on the choices available when specifying the format option, see the Python datetime documentation.

    Assembling datetime from multiple DataFrame columns

    New in version 0.18.1.

    You can also pass a DataFrame of integer or string columns to assemble into a Series of Timestamps.

    In [53]: df = pd.DataFrame({'year': [2015, 2016],
       ....:                    'month': [2, 3],
       ....:                    'day': [4, 5],
       ....:                    'hour': [2, 3]})
       ....: 
    In [54]: pd.to_datetime(df)
    Out[54]: 
    0   2015-02-04 02:00:00
    1   2016-03-05 03:00:00
    dtype: datetime64[ns]
    

    You can pass only the columns that you need to assemble.

    In [55]: pd.to_datetime(df[['year', 'month', 'day']])
    Out[55]: 
    0   2015-02-04
    1   2016-03-05
    dtype: datetime64[ns]
    

    pd.to_datetime looks for standard designations of the datetime component in the column names, including:

  • required: year, month, day
  • optional: hour, minute, second, millisecond, microsecond, nanosecond
  • Invalid data

    The default behavior, errors='raise', is to raise when unparseable:

    In [2]: pd.to_datetime(['2009/07/31', 'asd'], errors='raise')
    ValueError: Unknown string format
    

    Pass errors='ignore' to return the original input when unparseable:

    In [56]: pd.to_datetime(['2009/07/31', 'asd'], errors='ignore')
    Out[56]: Index(['2009/07/31', 'asd'], dtype='object')
    

    Pass errors='coerce' to convert unparseable data to NaT (not a time):

    In [57]: pd.to_datetime(['2009/07/31', 'asd'], errors='coerce')
    Out[57]: DatetimeIndex(['2009-07-31', 'NaT'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    

    Epoch timestamps

    pandas supports converting integer or float epoch times to Timestamp and DatetimeIndex. The default unit is nanoseconds, since that is how Timestamp objects are stored internally. However, epochs are often stored in another unit which can be specified. These are computed from the starting point specified by the origin parameter.

    In [58]: pd.to_datetime([1349720105, 1349806505, 1349892905, ....: 1349979305, 1350065705], unit='s') ....: Out[58]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-10-08 18:15:05', '2012-10-09 18:15:05', '2012-10-10 18:15:05', '2012-10-11 18:15:05', '2012-10-12 18:15:05'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None) In [59]: pd.to_datetime([1349720105100, 1349720105200, 1349720105300, ....: 1349720105400, 1349720105500], unit='ms') ....: Out[59]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-10-08 18:15:05.100000', '2012-10-08 18:15:05.200000', '2012-10-08 18:15:05.300000', '2012-10-08 18:15:05.400000', '2012-10-08 18:15:05.500000'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)

    Constructing a Timestamp or DatetimeIndex with an epoch timestamp with the tz argument specified will currently localize the epoch timestamps to UTC first then convert the result to the specified time zone. However, this behavior is deprecated, and if you have epochs in wall time in another timezone, it is recommended to read the epochs as timezone-naive timestamps and then localize to the appropriate timezone:

    In [60]: pd.Timestamp(1262347200000000000).tz_localize('US/Pacific') Out[60]: Timestamp('2010-01-01 12:00:00-0800', tz='US/Pacific') In [61]: pd.DatetimeIndex([1262347200000000000]).tz_localize('US/Pacific') Out[61]: DatetimeIndex(['2010-01-01 12:00:00-08:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Pacific]', freq=None)

    Epoch times will be rounded to the nearest nanosecond.

    Warning

    Conversion of float epoch times can lead to inaccurate and unexpected results. Python floats have about 15 digits precision in decimal. Rounding during conversion from float to high precision Timestamp is unavoidable. The only way to achieve exact precision is to use a fixed-width types (e.g. an int64).

    In [62]: pd.to_datetime([1490195805.433, 1490195805.433502912], unit='s') Out[62]: DatetimeIndex(['2017-03-22 15:16:45.433000088', '2017-03-22 15:16:45.433502913'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None) In [63]: pd.to_datetime(1490195805433502912, unit='ns') Out[63]: Timestamp('2017-03-22 15:16:45.433502912')

    See also

    Using the origin Parameter

    From timestamps to epoch

    To invert the operation from above, namely, to convert from a Timestamp to a ‘unix’ epoch:

    In [64]: stamps = pd.date_range('2012-10-08 18:15:05', periods=4, freq='D')
    In [65]: stamps
    Out[65]: 
    DatetimeIndex(['2012-10-08 18:15:05', '2012-10-09 18:15:05',
                   '2012-10-10 18:15:05', '2012-10-11 18:15:05'],
                  dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D')
    

    We subtract the epoch (midnight at January 1, 1970 UTC) and then floor divide by the “unit” (1 second).

    In [66]: (stamps - pd.Timestamp("1970-01-01")) // pd.Timedelta('1s')
    Out[66]: Int64Index([1349720105, 1349806505, 1349892905, 1349979305], dtype='int64')
    

    New in version 0.20.0.

    Using the origin parameter, one can specify an alternative starting point for creation of a DatetimeIndex. For example, to use 1960-01-01 as the starting date:

    In [67]: pd.to_datetime([1, 2, 3], unit='D', origin=pd.Timestamp('1960-01-01'))
    Out[67]: DatetimeIndex(['1960-01-02', '1960-01-03', '1960-01-04'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    

    The default is set at origin='unix', which defaults to 1970-01-01 00:00:00. Commonly called ‘unix epoch’ or POSIX time.

    In [68]: pd.to_datetime([1, 2, 3], unit='D')
    Out[68]: DatetimeIndex(['1970-01-02', '1970-01-03', '1970-01-04'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    

    Generating ranges of timestamps

    To generate an index with timestamps, you can use either the DatetimeIndex or Index constructor and pass in a list of datetime objects:

    In [69]: dates = [datetime.datetime(2012, 5, 1),
       ....:          datetime.datetime(2012, 5, 2),
       ....:          datetime.datetime(2012, 5, 3)]
       ....: 
    # Note the frequency information
    In [70]: index = pd.DatetimeIndex(dates)
    In [71]: index
    Out[71]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-05-01', '2012-05-02', '2012-05-03'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    # Automatically converted to DatetimeIndex
    In [72]: index = pd.Index(dates)
    In [73]: index
    Out[73]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-05-01', '2012-05-02', '2012-05-03'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    

    In practice this becomes very cumbersome because we often need a very long index with a large number of timestamps. If we need timestamps on a regular frequency, we can use the date_range() and bdate_range() functions to create a DatetimeIndex. The default frequency for date_range is a calendar day while the default for bdate_range is a business day:

    In [74]: start = datetime.datetime(2011, 1, 1)
    In [75]: end = datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1)
    In [76]: index = pd.date_range(start, end)
    In [77]: index
    Out[77]: 
    DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-01', '2011-01-02', '2011-01-03', '2011-01-04',
                   '2011-01-05', '2011-01-06', '2011-01-07', '2011-01-08',
                   '2011-01-09', '2011-01-10',
                   '2011-12-23', '2011-12-24', '2011-12-25', '2011-12-26',
                   '2011-12-27', '2011-12-28', '2011-12-29', '2011-12-30',
                   '2011-12-31', '2012-01-01'],
                  dtype='datetime64[ns]', length=366, freq='D')
    In [78]: index = pd.bdate_range(start, end)
    In [79]: index
    Out[79]: 
    DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-03', '2011-01-04', '2011-01-05', '2011-01-06',
                   '2011-01-07', '2011-01-10', '2011-01-11', '2011-01-12',
                   '2011-01-13', '2011-01-14',
                   '2011-12-19', '2011-12-20', '2011-12-21', '2011-12-22',
                   '2011-12-23', '2011-12-26', '2011-12-27', '2011-12-28',
                   '2011-12-29', '2011-12-30'],
                  dtype='datetime64[ns]', length=260, freq='B')
    

    Convenience functions like date_range and bdate_range can utilize a variety of frequency aliases:

    In [80]: pd.date_range(start, periods=1000, freq='M') Out[80]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-31', '2011-02-28', '2011-03-31', '2011-04-30', '2011-05-31', '2011-06-30', '2011-07-31', '2011-08-31', '2011-09-30', '2011-10-31', '2093-07-31', '2093-08-31', '2093-09-30', '2093-10-31', '2093-11-30', '2093-12-31', '2094-01-31', '2094-02-28', '2094-03-31', '2094-04-30'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', length=1000, freq='M') In [81]: pd.bdate_range(start, periods=250, freq='BQS') Out[81]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-03', '2011-04-01', '2011-07-01', '2011-10-03', '2012-01-02', '2012-04-02', '2012-07-02', '2012-10-01', '2013-01-01', '2013-04-01', '2071-01-01', '2071-04-01', '2071-07-01', '2071-10-01', '2072-01-01', '2072-04-01', '2072-07-01', '2072-10-03', '2073-01-02', '2073-04-03'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', length=250, freq='BQS-JAN')

    date_range and bdate_range make it easy to generate a range of dates using various combinations of parameters like start, end, periods, and freq. The start and end dates are strictly inclusive, so dates outside of those specified will not be generated:

    In [82]: pd.date_range(start, end, freq='BM') Out[82]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-31', '2011-02-28', '2011-03-31', '2011-04-29', '2011-05-31', '2011-06-30', '2011-07-29', '2011-08-31', '2011-09-30', '2011-10-31', '2011-11-30', '2011-12-30'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='BM') In [83]: pd.date_range(start, end, freq='W') Out[83]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-02', '2011-01-09', '2011-01-16', '2011-01-23', '2011-01-30', '2011-02-06', '2011-02-13', '2011-02-20', '2011-02-27', '2011-03-06', '2011-03-13', '2011-03-20', '2011-03-27', '2011-04-03', '2011-04-10', '2011-04-17', '2011-04-24', '2011-05-01', '2011-05-08', '2011-05-15', '2011-05-22', '2011-05-29', '2011-06-05', '2011-06-12', '2011-06-19', '2011-06-26', '2011-07-03', '2011-07-10', '2011-07-17', '2011-07-24', '2011-07-31', '2011-08-07', '2011-08-14', '2011-08-21', '2011-08-28', '2011-09-04', '2011-09-11', '2011-09-18', '2011-09-25', '2011-10-02', '2011-10-09', '2011-10-16', '2011-10-23', '2011-10-30', '2011-11-06', '2011-11-13', '2011-11-20', '2011-11-27', '2011-12-04', '2011-12-11', '2011-12-18', '2011-12-25', '2012-01-01'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='W-SUN') In [84]: pd.bdate_range(end=end, periods=20) Out[84]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-12-05', '2011-12-06', '2011-12-07', '2011-12-08', '2011-12-09', '2011-12-12', '2011-12-13', '2011-12-14', '2011-12-15', '2011-12-16', '2011-12-19', '2011-12-20', '2011-12-21', '2011-12-22', '2011-12-23', '2011-12-26', '2011-12-27', '2011-12-28', '2011-12-29', '2011-12-30'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='B') In [85]: pd.bdate_range(start=start, periods=20) Out[85]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-03', '2011-01-04', '2011-01-05', '2011-01-06', '2011-01-07', '2011-01-10', '2011-01-11', '2011-01-12', '2011-01-13', '2011-01-14', '2011-01-17', '2011-01-18', '2011-01-19', '2011-01-20', '2011-01-21', '2011-01-24', '2011-01-25', '2011-01-26', '2011-01-27', '2011-01-28'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='B')

    New in version 0.23.0.

    Specifying start, end, and periods will generate a range of evenly spaced dates from start to end inclusively, with periods number of elements in the resulting DatetimeIndex:

    In [86]: pd.date_range('2018-01-01', '2018-01-05', periods=5) Out[86]: DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-02', '2018-01-03', '2018-01-04', '2018-01-05'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None) In [87]: pd.date_range('2018-01-01', '2018-01-05', periods=10) Out[87]: DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01 00:00:00', '2018-01-01 10:40:00', '2018-01-01 21:20:00', '2018-01-02 08:00:00', '2018-01-02 18:40:00', '2018-01-03 05:20:00', '2018-01-03 16:00:00', '2018-01-04 02:40:00', '2018-01-04 13:20:00', '2018-01-05 00:00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)

    Custom frequency ranges

    bdate_range can also generate a range of custom frequency dates by using the weekmask and holidays parameters. These parameters will only be used if a custom frequency string is passed.

    In [88]: weekmask = 'Mon Wed Fri' In [89]: holidays = [datetime.datetime(2011, 1, 5), datetime.datetime(2011, 3, 14)] In [90]: pd.bdate_range(start, end, freq='C', weekmask=weekmask, holidays=holidays) Out[90]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-03', '2011-01-07', '2011-01-10', '2011-01-12', '2011-01-14', '2011-01-17', '2011-01-19', '2011-01-21', '2011-01-24', '2011-01-26', '2011-12-09', '2011-12-12', '2011-12-14', '2011-12-16', '2011-12-19', '2011-12-21', '2011-12-23', '2011-12-26', '2011-12-28', '2011-12-30'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', length=154, freq='C') In [91]: pd.bdate_range(start, end, freq='CBMS', weekmask=weekmask) Out[91]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-03', '2011-02-02', '2011-03-02', '2011-04-01', '2011-05-02', '2011-06-01', '2011-07-01', '2011-08-01', '2011-09-02', '2011-10-03', '2011-11-02', '2011-12-02'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='CBMS')

    See also

    Custom business days

    Timestamp limitations

    Since pandas represents timestamps in nanosecond resolution, the time span that can be represented using a 64-bit integer is limited to approximately 584 years:

    In [92]: pd.Timestamp.min Out[92]: Timestamp('1677-09-21 00:12:43.145225') In [93]: pd.Timestamp.max Out[93]: Timestamp('2262-04-11 23:47:16.854775807')

    See also

    Representing out-of-bounds spans

    Indexing

    One of the main uses for DatetimeIndex is as an index for pandas objects. The DatetimeIndex class contains many time series related optimizations:

  • A large range of dates for various offsets are pre-computed and cached under the hood in order to make generating subsequent date ranges very fast (just have to grab a slice).
  • Fast shifting using the shift and tshift method on pandas objects.
  • Unioning of overlapping DatetimeIndex objects with the same frequency is very fast (important for fast data alignment).
  • Quick access to date fields via properties such as year, month, etc.
  • Regularization functions like snap and very fast asof logic.
  • DatetimeIndex objects have all the basic functionality of regular Index objects, and a smorgasbord of advanced time series specific methods for easy frequency processing.

    See also

    Reindexing methods

    While pandas does not force you to have a sorted date index, some of these methods may have unexpected or incorrect behavior if the dates are unsorted.

    DatetimeIndex can be used like a regular index and offers all of its intelligent functionality like selection, slicing, etc.

    In [94]: rng = pd.date_range(start, end, freq='BM') In [95]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(len(rng)), index=rng) In [96]: ts.index Out[96]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-31', '2011-02-28', '2011-03-31', '2011-04-29', '2011-05-31', '2011-06-30', '2011-07-29', '2011-08-31', '2011-09-30', '2011-10-31', '2011-11-30', '2011-12-30'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='BM') In [97]: ts[:5].index Out[97]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-31', '2011-02-28', '2011-03-31', '2011-04-29', '2011-05-31'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='BM') In [98]: ts[::2].index Out[98]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-31', '2011-03-31', '2011-05-31', '2011-07-29', '2011-09-30', '2011-11-30'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='2BM')

    Partial string indexing

    Dates and strings that parse to timestamps can be passed as indexing parameters:

    In [99]: ts['1/31/2011'] Out[99]: 0.11920871129693428 In [100]: ts[datetime.datetime(2011, 12, 25):] Out[100]: 2011-12-30 0.56702 Freq: BM, dtype: float64 In [101]: ts['10/31/2011':'12/31/2011'] Out[101]: 2011-10-31 0.271860 2011-11-30 -0.424972 2011-12-30 0.567020 Freq: BM, dtype: float64

    To provide convenience for accessing longer time series, you can also pass in the year or year and month as strings:

    In [102]: ts['2011'] Out[102]: 2011-01-31 0.119209 2011-02-28 -1.044236 2011-03-31 -0.861849 2011-04-29 -2.104569 2011-05-31 -0.494929 2011-06-30 1.071804 2011-07-29 0.721555 2011-08-31 -0.706771 2011-09-30 -1.039575 2011-10-31 0.271860 2011-11-30 -0.424972 2011-12-30 0.567020 Freq: BM, dtype: float64 In [103]: ts['2011-6'] Out[103]: 2011-06-30 1.071804 Freq: BM, dtype: float64

    This type of slicing will work on a DataFrame with a DatetimeIndex as well. Since the partial string selection is a form of label slicing, the endpoints will be included. This would include matching times on an included date:

    In [104]: dft = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(100000, 1), columns=['A'], .....: index=pd.date_range('20130101', periods=100000, freq='T')) .....: In [105]: dft Out[105]: 2013-01-01 00:00:00 0.276232 2013-01-01 00:01:00 -1.087401 2013-01-01 00:02:00 -0.673690 2013-01-01 00:03:00 0.113648 2013-01-01 00:04:00 -1.478427 ... ... 2013-03-11 10:35:00 -0.747967 2013-03-11 10:36:00 -0.034523 2013-03-11 10:37:00 -0.201754 2013-03-11 10:38:00 -1.509067 2013-03-11 10:39:00 -1.693043 [100000 rows x 1 columns] In [106]: dft['2013'] Out[106]: 2013-01-01 00:00:00 0.276232 2013-01-01 00:01:00 -1.087401 2013-01-01 00:02:00 -0.673690 2013-01-01 00:03:00 0.113648 2013-01-01 00:04:00 -1.478427 ... ... 2013-03-11 10:35:00 -0.747967 2013-03-11 10:36:00 -0.034523 2013-03-11 10:37:00 -0.201754 2013-03-11 10:38:00 -1.509067 2013-03-11 10:39:00 -1.693043 [100000 rows x 1 columns]

    This starts on the very first time in the month, and includes the last date and time for the month:

    In [107]: dft['2013-1':'2013-2']
    Out[107]: 
    2013-01-01 00:00:00  0.276232
    2013-01-01 00:01:00 -1.087401
    2013-01-01 00:02:00 -0.673690
    2013-01-01 00:03:00  0.113648
    2013-01-01 00:04:00 -1.478427
    ...                       ...
    2013-02-28 23:55:00  0.850929
    2013-02-28 23:56:00  0.976712
    2013-02-28 23:57:00 -2.693884
    2013-02-28 23:58:00 -1.575535
    2013-02-28 23:59:00 -1.573517
    [84960 rows x 1 columns]
    

    This specifies a stop time that includes all of the times on the last day:

    In [108]: dft['2013-1':'2013-2-28']
    Out[108]: 
    2013-01-01 00:00:00  0.276232
    2013-01-01 00:01:00 -1.087401
    2013-01-01 00:02:00 -0.673690
    2013-01-01 00:03:00  0.113648
    2013-01-01 00:04:00 -1.478427
    ...                       ...
    2013-02-28 23:55:00  0.850929
    2013-02-28 23:56:00  0.976712
    2013-02-28 23:57:00 -2.693884
    2013-02-28 23:58:00 -1.575535
    2013-02-28 23:59:00 -1.573517
    [84960 rows x 1 columns]
    

    This specifies an exact stop time (and is not the same as the above):

    In [109]: dft['2013-1':'2013-2-28 00:00:00']
    Out[109]: 
    2013-01-01 00:00:00  0.276232
    2013-01-01 00:01:00 -1.087401
    2013-01-01 00:02:00 -0.673690
    2013-01-01 00:03:00  0.113648
    2013-01-01 00:04:00 -1.478427
    ...                       ...
    2013-02-27 23:56:00  1.197749
    2013-02-27 23:57:00  0.720521
    2013-02-27 23:58:00 -0.072718
    2013-02-27 23:59:00 -0.681192
    2013-02-28 00:00:00 -0.557501
    [83521 rows x 1 columns]
    

    We are stopping on the included end-point as it is part of the index:

    In [110]: dft['2013-1-15':'2013-1-15 12:30:00']
    Out[110]: 
    2013-01-15 00:00:00 -0.984810
    2013-01-15 00:01:00  0.941451
    2013-01-15 00:02:00  1.559365
    2013-01-15 00:03:00  1.034374
    2013-01-15 00:04:00 -1.480656
    ...                       ...
    2013-01-15 12:26:00  0.371454
    2013-01-15 12:27:00 -0.930806
    2013-01-15 12:28:00 -0.069177
    2013-01-15 12:29:00  0.066510
    2013-01-15 12:30:00 -0.003945
    [751 rows x 1 columns]
    

    New in version 0.18.0.

    DatetimeIndex partial string indexing also works on a DataFrame with a MultiIndex:

    In [111]: dft2 = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(20, 1), .....: columns=['A'], .....: index=pd.MultiIndex.from_product( .....: [pd.date_range('20130101', periods=10, freq='12H'), .....: ['a', 'b']])) .....: In [112]: dft2 Out[112]: 2013-01-01 00:00:00 a -0.298694 b 0.823553 2013-01-01 12:00:00 a 0.943285 b -1.479399 2013-01-02 00:00:00 a -1.643342 ... ... 2013-01-04 12:00:00 b 0.069036 2013-01-05 00:00:00 a 0.122297 b 1.422060 2013-01-05 12:00:00 a 0.370079 b 1.016331 [20 rows x 1 columns] In [113]: dft2.loc['2013-01-05'] Out[113]: 2013-01-05 00:00:00 a 0.122297 b 1.422060 2013-01-05 12:00:00 a 0.370079 b 1.016331 In [114]: idx = pd.IndexSlice In [115]: dft2 = dft2.swaplevel(0, 1).sort_index() In [116]: dft2.loc[idx[:, '2013-01-05'], :] Out[116]: a 2013-01-05 00:00:00 0.122297 2013-01-05 12:00:00 0.370079 b 2013-01-05 00:00:00 1.422060 2013-01-05 12:00:00 1.016331

    New in version 0.25.0.

    Slicing with string indexing also honors UTC offset.

    In [117]: df = pd.DataFrame([0], index=pd.DatetimeIndex(['2019-01-01'], tz='US/Pacific')) In [118]: df Out[118]: 2019-01-01 00:00:00-08:00 0 In [119]: df['2019-01-01 12:00:00+04:00':'2019-01-01 13:00:00+04:00'] Out[119]: 2019-01-01 00:00:00-08:00 0

    Slice vs. exact match

    Changed in version 0.20.0.

    The same string used as an indexing parameter can be treated either as a slice or as an exact match depending on the resolution of the index. If the string is less accurate than the index, it will be treated as a slice, otherwise as an exact match.

    Consider a Series object with a minute resolution index:

    In [120]: series_minute = pd.Series([1, 2, 3],
       .....:                           pd.DatetimeIndex(['2011-12-31 23:59:00',
       .....:                                             '2012-01-01 00:00:00',
       .....:                                             '2012-01-01 00:02:00']))
       .....: 
    In [121]: series_minute.index.resolution
    Out[121]: 'minute'
    

    A timestamp string less accurate than a minute gives a Series object.

    In [122]: series_minute['2011-12-31 23']
    Out[122]: 
    2011-12-31 23:59:00    1
    dtype: int64
    

    A timestamp string with minute resolution (or more accurate), gives a scalar instead, i.e. it is not casted to a slice.

    In [123]: series_minute['2011-12-31 23:59'] Out[123]: 1 In [124]: series_minute['2011-12-31 23:59:00'] Out[124]: 1

    If index resolution is second, then the minute-accurate timestamp gives a Series.

    In [125]: series_second = pd.Series([1, 2, 3], .....: pd.DatetimeIndex(['2011-12-31 23:59:59', .....: '2012-01-01 00:00:00', .....: '2012-01-01 00:00:01'])) .....: In [126]: series_second.index.resolution Out[126]: 'second' In [127]: series_second['2011-12-31 23:59'] Out[127]: 2011-12-31 23:59:59 1 dtype: int64

    If the timestamp string is treated as a slice, it can be used to index DataFrame with [] as well.

    In [128]: dft_minute = pd.DataFrame({'a': [1, 2, 3], 'b': [4, 5, 6]},
       .....:                           index=series_minute.index)
       .....: 
    In [129]: dft_minute['2011-12-31 23']
    Out[129]: 
    2011-12-31 23:59:00  1  4
    

    Warning

    However, if the string is treated as an exact match, the selection in DataFrame’s [] will be column-wise and not row-wise, see Indexing Basics. For example dft_minute['2011-12-31 23:59'] will raise KeyError as '2012-12-31 23:59' has the same resolution as the index and there is no column with such name:

    To always have unambiguous selection, whether the row is treated as a slice or a single selection, use .loc.

    In [130]: dft_minute.loc['2011-12-31 23:59']
    Out[130]: 
    a    1
    b    4
    Name: 2011-12-31 23:59:00, dtype: int64
    

    Note also that DatetimeIndex resolution cannot be less precise than day.

    In [131]: series_monthly = pd.Series([1, 2, 3], .....: pd.DatetimeIndex(['2011-12', '2012-01', '2012-02'])) .....: In [132]: series_monthly.index.resolution Out[132]: 'day' In [133]: series_monthly['2011-12'] # returns Series Out[133]: 2011-12-01 1 dtype: int64

    Exact indexing

    As discussed in previous section, indexing a DatetimeIndex with a partial string depends on the “accuracy” of the period, in other words how specific the interval is in relation to the resolution of the index. In contrast, indexing with Timestamp or datetime objects is exact, because the objects have exact meaning. These also follow the semantics of including both endpoints.

    These Timestamp and datetime objects have exact hours, minutes, and seconds, even though they were not explicitly specified (they are 0).

    In [134]: dft[datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 1):datetime.datetime(2013, 2, 28)]
    Out[134]: 
    2013-01-01 00:00:00  0.276232
    2013-01-01 00:01:00 -1.087401
    2013-01-01 00:02:00 -0.673690
    2013-01-01 00:03:00  0.113648
    2013-01-01 00:04:00 -1.478427
    ...                       ...
    2013-02-27 23:56:00  1.197749
    2013-02-27 23:57:00  0.720521
    2013-02-27 23:58:00 -0.072718
    2013-02-27 23:59:00 -0.681192
    2013-02-28 00:00:00 -0.557501
    [83521 rows x 1 columns]
    

    With no defaults.

    In [135]: dft[datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 1, 10, 12, 0):
       .....:     datetime.datetime(2013, 2, 28, 10, 12, 0)]
       .....: 
    Out[135]: 
    2013-01-01 10:12:00  0.565375
    2013-01-01 10:13:00  0.068184
    2013-01-01 10:14:00  0.788871
    2013-01-01 10:15:00 -0.280343
    2013-01-01 10:16:00  0.931536
    ...                       ...
    2013-02-28 10:08:00  0.148098
    2013-02-28 10:09:00 -0.388138
    2013-02-28 10:10:00  0.139348
    2013-02-28 10:11:00  0.085288
    2013-02-28 10:12:00  0.950146
    [83521 rows x 1 columns]
    

    Truncating & fancy indexing

    A truncate() convenience function is provided that is similar to slicing. Note that truncate assumes a 0 value for any unspecified date component in a DatetimeIndex in contrast to slicing which returns any partially matching dates:

    In [136]: rng2 = pd.date_range('2011-01-01', '2012-01-01', freq='W') In [137]: ts2 = pd.Series(np.random.randn(len(rng2)), index=rng2) In [138]: ts2.truncate(before='2011-11', after='2011-12') Out[138]: 2011-11-06 0.437823 2011-11-13 -0.293083 2011-11-20 -0.059881 2011-11-27 1.252450 Freq: W-SUN, dtype: float64 In [139]: ts2['2011-11':'2011-12'] Out[139]: 2011-11-06 0.437823 2011-11-13 -0.293083 2011-11-20 -0.059881 2011-11-27 1.252450 2011-12-04 0.046611 2011-12-11 0.059478 2011-12-18 -0.286539 2011-12-25 0.841669 Freq: W-SUN, dtype: float64

    Even complicated fancy indexing that breaks the DatetimeIndex frequency regularity will result in a DatetimeIndex, although frequency is lost:

    In [140]: ts2[[0, 2, 6]].index
    Out[140]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-02', '2011-01-16', '2011-02-13'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    

    Furthermore, if you have a Series with datetimelike values, then you can access these properties via the .dt accessor, as detailed in the section on .dt accessors.

    DateOffset objects

    In the preceding examples, frequency strings (e.g. 'D') were used to specify a frequency that defined:

  • how the date times in DatetimeIndex were spaced when using date_range()
  • the frequency of a Period or PeriodIndex
  • These frequency strings map to a DateOffset object and its subclasses. A DateOffset is similar to a Timedelta that represents a duration of time but follows specific calendar duration rules. For example, a Timedelta day will always increment datetimes by 24 hours, while a DateOffset day will increment datetimes to the same time the next day whether a day represents 23, 24 or 25 hours due to daylight savings time. However, all DateOffset subclasses that are an hour or smaller (Hour, Minute, Second, Milli, Micro, Nano) behave like Timedelta and respect absolute time.

    The basic DateOffset acts similar to dateutil.relativedelta (relativedelta documentation) that shifts a date time by the corresponding calendar duration specified. The arithmetic operator (+) or the apply method can be used to perform the shift.

    # This particular day contains a day light savings time transition In [141]: ts = pd.Timestamp('2016-10-30 00:00:00', tz='Europe/Helsinki') # Respects absolute time In [142]: ts + pd.Timedelta(days=1) Out[142]: Timestamp('2016-10-30 23:00:00+0200', tz='Europe/Helsinki') # Respects calendar time In [143]: ts + pd.DateOffset(days=1) Out[143]: Timestamp('2016-10-31 00:00:00+0200', tz='Europe/Helsinki') In [144]: friday = pd.Timestamp('2018-01-05') In [145]: friday.day_name() Out[145]: 'Friday' # Add 2 business days (Friday --> Tuesday) In [146]: two_business_days = 2 * pd.offsets.BDay() In [147]: two_business_days.apply(friday) Out[147]: Timestamp('2018-01-09 00:00:00') In [148]: friday + two_business_days Out[148]: Timestamp('2018-01-09 00:00:00') In [149]: (friday + two_business_days).day_name() Out[149]: 'Tuesday'

    Most DateOffsets have associated frequencies strings, or offset aliases, that can be passed into freq keyword arguments. The available date offsets and associated frequency strings can be found below:

    DateOffsets additionally have rollforward() and rollback() methods for moving a date forward or backward respectively to a valid offset date relative to the offset. For example, business offsets will roll dates that land on the weekends (Saturday and Sunday) forward to Monday since business offsets operate on the weekdays.

    In [150]: ts = pd.Timestamp('2018-01-06 00:00:00') In [151]: ts.day_name() Out[151]: 'Saturday' # BusinessHour's valid offset dates are Monday through Friday In [152]: offset = pd.offsets.BusinessHour(start='09:00') # Bring the date to the closest offset date (Monday) In [153]: offset.rollforward(ts) Out[153]: Timestamp('2018-01-08 09:00:00') # Date is brought to the closest offset date first and then the hour is added In [154]: ts + offset Out[154]: Timestamp('2018-01-08 10:00:00')

    These operations preserve time (hour, minute, etc) information by default. To reset time to midnight, use normalize() before or after applying the operation (depending on whether you want the time information included in the operation).

    In [155]: ts = pd.Timestamp('2014-01-01 09:00') In [156]: day = pd.offsets.Day() In [157]: day.apply(ts) Out[157]: Timestamp('2014-01-02 09:00:00') In [158]: day.apply(ts).normalize() Out[158]: Timestamp('2014-01-02 00:00:00') In [159]: ts = pd.Timestamp('2014-01-01 22:00') In [160]: hour = pd.offsets.Hour() In [161]: hour.apply(ts) Out[161]: Timestamp('2014-01-01 23:00:00') In [162]: hour.apply(ts).normalize() Out[162]: Timestamp('2014-01-01 00:00:00') In [163]: hour.apply(pd.Timestamp("2014-01-01 23:30")).normalize() Out[163]: Timestamp('2014-01-02 00:00:00')

    Parametric offsets

    Some of the offsets can be “parameterized” when created to result in different behaviors. For example, the Week offset for generating weekly data accepts a weekday parameter which results in the generated dates always lying on a particular day of the week:

    In [164]: d = datetime.datetime(2008, 8, 18, 9, 0) In [165]: d Out[165]: datetime.datetime(2008, 8, 18, 9, 0) In [166]: d + pd.offsets.Week() Out[166]: Timestamp('2008-08-25 09:00:00') In [167]: d + pd.offsets.Week(weekday=4) Out[167]: Timestamp('2008-08-22 09:00:00') In [168]: (d + pd.offsets.Week(weekday=4)).weekday() Out[168]: 4 In [169]: d - pd.offsets.Week() Out[169]: Timestamp('2008-08-11 09:00:00')

    The normalize option will be effective for addition and subtraction.

    In [170]: d + pd.offsets.Week(normalize=True) Out[170]: Timestamp('2008-08-25 00:00:00') In [171]: d - pd.offsets.Week(normalize=True) Out[171]: Timestamp('2008-08-11 00:00:00')

    Another example is parameterizing YearEnd with the specific ending month:

    In [172]: d + pd.offsets.YearEnd() Out[172]: Timestamp('2008-12-31 09:00:00') In [173]: d + pd.offsets.YearEnd(month=6) Out[173]: Timestamp('2009-06-30 09:00:00')

    Using offsets with Series / DatetimeIndex

    Offsets can be used with either a Series or DatetimeIndex to apply the offset to each element.

    In [174]: rng = pd.date_range('2012-01-01', '2012-01-03') In [175]: s = pd.Series(rng) In [176]: rng Out[176]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-01-01', '2012-01-02', '2012-01-03'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') In [177]: rng + pd.DateOffset(months=2) Out[177]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-03-01', '2012-03-02', '2012-03-03'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') In [178]: s + pd.DateOffset(months=2) Out[178]: 0 2012-03-01 1 2012-03-02 2 2012-03-03 dtype: datetime64[ns] In [179]: s - pd.DateOffset(months=2) Out[179]: 0 2011-11-01 1 2011-11-02 2 2011-11-03 dtype: datetime64[ns]

    If the offset class maps directly to a Timedelta (Day, Hour, Minute, Second, Micro, Milli, Nano) it can be used exactly like a Timedelta - see the Timedelta section for more examples.

    In [180]: s - pd.offsets.Day(2) Out[180]: 0 2011-12-30 1 2011-12-31 2 2012-01-01 dtype: datetime64[ns] In [181]: td = s - pd.Series(pd.date_range('2011-12-29', '2011-12-31')) In [182]: td Out[182]: 0 3 days 1 3 days 2 3 days dtype: timedelta64[ns] In [183]: td + pd.offsets.Minute(15) Out[183]: 0 3 days 00:15:00 1 3 days 00:15:00 2 3 days 00:15:00 dtype: timedelta64[ns]

    Note that some offsets (such as BQuarterEnd) do not have a vectorized implementation. They can still be used but may calculate significantly slower and will show a PerformanceWarning

    In [184]: rng + pd.offsets.BQuarterEnd()
    Out[184]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-03-30', '2012-03-30', '2012-03-30'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D')
    

    Custom business days

    The CDay or CustomBusinessDay class provides a parametric BusinessDay class which can be used to create customized business day calendars which account for local holidays and local weekend conventions.

    As an interesting example, let’s look at Egypt where a Friday-Saturday weekend is observed.

    In [185]: weekmask_egypt = 'Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu'
    # They also observe International Workers' Day so let's
    # add that for a couple of years
    In [186]: holidays = ['2012-05-01',
       .....:             datetime.datetime(2013, 5, 1),
       .....:             np.datetime64('2014-05-01')]
       .....: 
    In [187]: bday_egypt = pd.offsets.CustomBusinessDay(holidays=holidays,
       .....:                                           weekmask=weekmask_egypt)
       .....: 
    In [188]: dt = datetime.datetime(2013, 4, 30)
    In [189]: dt + 2 * bday_egypt
    Out[189]: Timestamp('2013-05-05 00:00:00')
    

    Let’s map to the weekday names:

    In [190]: dts = pd.date_range(dt, periods=5, freq=bday_egypt)
    In [191]: pd.Series(dts.weekday, dts).map(
       .....:     pd.Series('Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun'.split()))
       .....: 
    Out[191]: 
    2013-04-30    Tue
    2013-05-02    Thu
    2013-05-05    Sun
    2013-05-06    Mon
    
    
    
    
        
    
    2013-05-07    Tue
    Freq: C, dtype: object
    

    Holiday calendars can be used to provide the list of holidays. See the holiday calendar section for more information.

    In [192]: from pandas.tseries.holiday import USFederalHolidayCalendar
    In [193]: bday_us = pd.offsets.CustomBusinessDay(calendar=USFederalHolidayCalendar())
    # Friday before MLK Day
    In [194]: dt = datetime.datetime(2014, 1, 17)
    # Tuesday after MLK Day (Monday is skipped because it's a holiday)
    In [195]: dt + bday_us
    Out[195]: Timestamp('2014-01-21 00:00:00')
    

    Monthly offsets that respect a certain holiday calendar can be defined in the usual way.

    In [196]: bmth_us = pd.offsets.CustomBusinessMonthBegin( .....: calendar=USFederalHolidayCalendar()) .....: # Skip new years In [197]: dt = datetime.datetime(2013, 12, 17) In [198]: dt + bmth_us Out[198]: Timestamp('2014-01-02 00:00:00') # Define date index with custom offset In [199]: pd.date_range(start='20100101', end='20120101', freq=bmth_us) Out[199]: DatetimeIndex(['2010-01-04', '2010-02-01', '2010-03-01', '2010-04-01', '2010-05-03', '2010-06-01', '2010-07-01', '2010-08-02', '2010-09-01', '2010-10-01', '2010-11-01', '2010-12-01', '2011-01-03', '2011-02-01', '2011-03-01', '2011-04-01', '2011-05-02', '2011-06-01', '2011-07-01', '2011-08-01', '2011-09-01', '2011-10-03', '2011-11-01', '2011-12-01'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='CBMS')

    The frequency string ‘C’ is used to indicate that a CustomBusinessDay DateOffset is used, it is important to note that since CustomBusinessDay is a parameterised type, instances of CustomBusinessDay may differ and this is not detectable from the ‘C’ frequency string. The user therefore needs to ensure that the ‘C’ frequency string is used consistently within the user’s application.

    Business hour

    The BusinessHour class provides a business hour representation on BusinessDay, allowing to use specific start and end times.

    By default, BusinessHour uses 9:00 - 17:00 as business hours. Adding BusinessHour will increment Timestamp by hourly frequency. If target Timestamp is out of business hours, move to the next business hour then increment it. If the result exceeds the business hours end, the remaining hours are added to the next business day.

    In [200]: bh = pd.offsets.BusinessHour() In [201]: bh Out[201]: <BusinessHour: BH=09:00-17:00> # 2014-08-01 is Friday In [202]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 10:00').weekday() Out[202]: 4 In [203]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 10:00') + bh Out[203]: Timestamp('2014-08-01 11:00:00') # Below example is the same as: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 09:00') + bh In [204]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 08:00') + bh Out[204]: Timestamp('2014-08-01 10:00:00') # If the results is on the end time, move to the next business day In [205]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 16:00') + bh Out[205]: Timestamp('2014-08-04 09:00:00') # Remainings are added to the next day In [206]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 16:30') + bh Out[206]: Timestamp('2014-08-04 09:30:00') # Adding 2 business hours In [207]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 10:00') + pd.offsets.BusinessHour(2) Out[207]: Timestamp('2014-08-01 12:00:00') # Subtracting 3 business hours In [208]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 10:00') + pd.offsets.BusinessHour(-3) Out[208]: Timestamp('2014-07-31 15:00:00')

    You can also specify start and end time by keywords. The argument must be a str with an hour:minute representation or a datetime.time instance. Specifying seconds, microseconds and nanoseconds as business hour results in ValueError.

    In [209]: bh = pd.offsets.BusinessHour(start='11:00', end=datetime.time(20, 0)) In [210]: bh Out[210]: <BusinessHour: BH=11:00-20:00> In [211]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 13:00') + bh Out[211]: Timestamp('2014-08-01 14:00:00') In [212]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 09:00') + bh Out[212]: Timestamp('2014-08-01 12:00:00') In [213]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 18:00') + bh Out[213]: Timestamp('2014-08-01 19:00:00')

    Passing start time later than end represents midnight business hour. In this case, business hour exceeds midnight and overlap to the next day. Valid business hours are distinguished by whether it started from valid BusinessDay.

    In [214]: bh = pd.offsets.BusinessHour(start='17:00', end='09:00') In [215]: bh Out[215]: <BusinessHour: BH=17:00-09:00> In [216]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 17:00') + bh Out[216]: Timestamp('2014-08-01 18:00:00') In [217]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 23:00') + bh Out[217]: Timestamp('2014-08-02 00:00:00') # Although 2014-08-02 is Saturday, # it is valid because it starts from 08-01 (Friday). In [218]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-02 04:00') + bh Out[218]: Timestamp('2014-08-02 05:00:00') # Although 2014-08-04 is Monday, # it is out of business hours because it starts from 08-03 (Sunday). In [219]: pd.Timestamp('2014-08-04 04:00') + bh Out[219]: Timestamp('2014-08-04 18:00:00')

    Applying BusinessHour.rollforward and rollback to out of business hours results in the next business hour start or previous day’s end. Different from other offsets, BusinessHour.rollforward may output different results from apply by definition.

    This is because one day’s business hour end is equal to next day’s business hour start. For example, under the default business hours (9:00 - 17:00), there is no gap (0 minutes) between 2014-08-01 17:00 and 2014-08-04 09:00.

    # This adjusts a Timestamp to business hour edge In [220]: pd.offsets.BusinessHour().rollback(pd.Timestamp('2014-08-02 15:00')) Out[220]: Timestamp('2014-08-01 17:00:00') In [221]: pd.offsets.BusinessHour().rollforward(pd.Timestamp('2014-08-02 15:00')) Out[221]: Timestamp('2014-08-04 09:00:00') # It is the same as BusinessHour().apply(pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01 17:00')). # And it is the same as BusinessHour().apply(pd.Timestamp('2014-08-04 09:00')) In [222]: pd.offsets.BusinessHour().apply(pd.Timestamp('2014-08-02 15:00')) Out[222]: Timestamp('2014-08-04 10:00:00') # BusinessDay results (for reference) In [223]: pd.offsets.BusinessHour().rollforward(pd.Timestamp('2014-08-02')) Out[223]: Timestamp('2014-08-04 09:00:00') # It is the same as BusinessDay().apply(pd.Timestamp('2014-08-01')) # The result is the same as rollworward because BusinessDay never overlap. In [224]: pd.offsets.BusinessHour().apply(pd.Timestamp('2014-08-02')) Out[224]: Timestamp('2014-08-04 10:00:00')

    BusinessHour regards Saturday and Sunday as holidays. To use arbitrary holidays, you can use CustomBusinessHour offset, as explained in the following subsection.

    Custom business hour

    New in version 0.18.1.

    The CustomBusinessHour is a mixture of BusinessHour and CustomBusinessDay which allows you to specify arbitrary holidays. CustomBusinessHour works as the same as BusinessHour except that it skips specified custom holidays.

    In [225]: from pandas.tseries.holiday import USFederalHolidayCalendar In [226]: bhour_us = pd.offsets.CustomBusinessHour(calendar=USFederalHolidayCalendar()) # Friday before MLK Day In [227]: dt = datetime.datetime(2014, 1, 17, 15) In [228]: dt + bhour_us Out[228]: Timestamp('2014-01-17 16:00:00') # Tuesday after MLK Day (Monday is skipped because it's a holiday) In [229]: dt + bhour_us * 2 Out[229]: Timestamp('2014-01-21 09:00:00')

    You can use keyword arguments supported by either BusinessHour and CustomBusinessDay.

    In [230]: bhour_mon = pd.offsets.CustomBusinessHour(start='10:00',
       .....:                                           weekmask='Tue Wed Thu Fri')
       .....: 
    # Monday is skipped because it's a holiday, business hour starts from 10:00
    In [231]: dt + bhour_mon * 2
    Out[231]: Timestamp('2014-01-21 10:00:00')
    

    Combining aliases

    As we have seen previously, the alias and the offset instance are fungible in most functions:

    In [232]: pd.date_range(start, periods=5, freq='B') Out[232]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-03', '2011-01-04', '2011-01-05', '2011-01-06', '2011-01-07'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='B') In [233]: pd.date_range(start, periods=5, freq=pd.offsets.BDay()) Out[233]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-03', '2011-01-04', '2011-01-05', '2011-01-06', '2011-01-07'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='B')

    You can combine together day and intraday offsets:

    In [234]: pd.date_range(start, periods=10, freq='2h20min') Out[234]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-01 00:00:00', '2011-01-01 02:20:00', '2011-01-01 04:40:00', '2011-01-01 07:00:00', '2011-01-01 09:20:00', '2011-01-01 11:40:00', '2011-01-01 14:00:00', '2011-01-01 16:20:00', '2011-01-01 18:40:00', '2011-01-01 21:00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='140T') In [235]: pd.date_range(start, periods=10, freq='1D10U') Out[235]: DatetimeIndex([ '2011-01-01 00:00:00', '2011-01-02 00:00:00.000010', '2011-01-03 00:00:00.000020', '2011-01-04 00:00:00.000030', '2011-01-05 00:00:00.000040', '2011-01-06 00:00:00.000050', '2011-01-07 00:00:00.000060', '2011-01-08 00:00:00.000070', '2011-01-09 00:00:00.000080', '2011-01-10 00:00:00.000090'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='86400000010U')

    Anchored offsets

    For some frequencies you can specify an anchoring suffix:

    These can be used as arguments to date_range, bdate_range, constructors for DatetimeIndex, as well as various other timeseries-related functions in pandas.

    Anchored offset semantics

    For those offsets that are anchored to the start or end of specific frequency (MonthEnd, MonthBegin, WeekEnd, etc), the following rules apply to rolling forward and backwards.

    When n is not 0, if the given date is not on an anchor point, it snapped to the next(previous) anchor point, and moved |n|-1 additional steps forwards or backwards.

    In [236]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-02') + pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=1) Out[236]: Timestamp('2014-02-01 00:00:00') In [237]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-02') + pd.offsets.MonthEnd(n=1) Out[237]: Timestamp('2014-01-31 00:00:00') In [238]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-02') - pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=1) Out[238]: Timestamp('2014-01-01 00:00:00') In [239]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-02') - pd.offsets.MonthEnd(n=1) Out[239]: Timestamp('2013-12-31 00:00:00') In [240]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-02') + pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=4) Out[240]: Timestamp('2014-05-01 00:00:00') In [241]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-02') - pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=4) Out[241]: Timestamp('2013-10-01 00:00:00')

    If the given date is on an anchor point, it is moved |n| points forwards or backwards.

    In [242]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-01') + pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=1) Out[242]: Timestamp('2014-02-01 00:00:00') In [243]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-31') + pd.offsets.MonthEnd(n=1) Out[243]: Timestamp('2014-02-28 00:00:00') In [244]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-01') - pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=1) Out[244]: Timestamp('2013-12-01 00:00:00') In [245]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-31') - pd.offsets.MonthEnd(n=1) Out[245]: Timestamp('2013-12-31 00:00:00') In [246]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-01') + pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=4) Out[246]: Timestamp('2014-05-01 00:00:00') In [247]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-31') - pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=4) Out[247]: Timestamp('2013-10-01 00:00:00')

    For the case when n=0, the date is not moved if on an anchor point, otherwise it is rolled forward to the next anchor point.

    In [248]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-02') + pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=0) Out[248]: Timestamp('2014-02-01 00:00:00') In [249]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-02') + pd.offsets.MonthEnd(n=0) Out[249]: Timestamp('2014-01-31 00:00:00') In [250]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-01') + pd.offsets.MonthBegin(n=0) Out[250]: Timestamp('2014-01-01 00:00:00') In [251]: pd.Timestamp('2014-01-31') + pd.offsets.MonthEnd(n=0) Out[251]: Timestamp('2014-01-31 00:00:00')

    Holidays / holiday calendars

    Holidays and calendars provide a simple way to define holiday rules to be used with CustomBusinessDay or in other analysis that requires a predefined set of holidays. The AbstractHolidayCalendar class provides all the necessary methods to return a list of holidays and only rules need to be defined in a specific holiday calendar class. Furthermore, the start_date and end_date class attributes determine over what date range holidays are generated. These should be overwritten on the AbstractHolidayCalendar class to have the range apply to all calendar subclasses. USFederalHolidayCalendar is the only calendar that exists and primarily serves as an example for developing other calendars.

    For holidays that occur on fixed dates (e.g., US Memorial Day or July 4th) an observance rule determines when that holiday is observed if it falls on a weekend or some other non-observed day. Defined observance rules are:

    An example of how holidays and holiday calendars are defined:

    In [252]: from pandas.tseries.holiday import Holiday, USMemorialDay,\
       .....:     AbstractHolidayCalendar, nearest_workday, MO
       .....: 
    In [253]: class ExampleCalendar(AbstractHolidayCalendar):
       .....:     rules = [
       .....:         USMemorialDay,
       .....:         Holiday('July 4th', month=7, day=4, observance=nearest_workday),
       .....:         Holiday('Columbus Day', month=10, day=1,
       .....:                 offset=pd.DateOffset(weekday=MO(2)))]
       .....: 
    In [254]: cal = ExampleCalendar()
    In [255]: cal.holidays(datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1), datetime.datetime(2012, 12, 31))
    Out[255]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-05-28', '2012-07-04', '2012-10-08'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    

    Using this calendar, creating an index or doing offset arithmetic skips weekends and holidays (i.e., Memorial Day/July 4th). For example, the below defines a custom business day offset using the ExampleCalendar. Like any other offset, it can be used to create a DatetimeIndex or added to datetime or Timestamp objects.

    In [256]: pd.date_range(start='7/1/2012', end='7/10/2012', .....: freq=pd.offsets.CDay(calendar=cal)).to_pydatetime() .....: Out[256]: array([datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 2, 0, 0), datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 3, 0, 0), datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 5, 0, 0), datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 6, 0, 0), datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 9, 0, 0), datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 10, 0, 0)], dtype=object) In [257]: offset = pd.offsets.CustomBusinessDay(calendar=cal) In [258]: datetime.datetime(2012, 5, 25) + offset Out[258]: Timestamp('2012-05-29 00:00:00') In [259]: datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 3) + offset Out[259]: Timestamp('2012-07-05 00:00:00') In [260]: datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 3) + 2 * offset Out[260]: Timestamp('2012-07-06 00:00:00') In [261]: datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 6) + offset Out[261]: Timestamp('2012-07-09 00:00:00')

    Ranges are defined by the start_date and end_date class attributes of AbstractHolidayCalendar. The defaults are shown below.

    In [262]: AbstractHolidayCalendar.start_date Out[262]: Timestamp('1970-01-01 00:00:00') In [263]: AbstractHolidayCalendar.end_date Out[263]: Timestamp('2030-12-31 00:00:00')

    These dates can be overwritten by setting the attributes as datetime/Timestamp/string.

    In [264]: AbstractHolidayCalendar.start_date = datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1)
    In [265]: AbstractHolidayCalendar.end_date = datetime.datetime(2012, 12, 31)
    In [266]: cal.holidays()
    Out[266]: DatetimeIndex(['2012-05-28', '2012-07-04', '2012-10-08'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None)
    

    Every calendar class is accessible by name using the get_calendar function which returns a holiday class instance. Any imported calendar class will automatically be available by this function. Also, HolidayCalendarFactory provides an easy interface to create calendars that are combinations of calendars or calendars with additional rules.

    In [267]: from pandas.tseries.holiday import get_calendar, HolidayCalendarFactory,\
       .....:     USLaborDay
       .....: 
    In [268]: cal = get_calendar('ExampleCalendar')
    In [269]: cal.rules
    Out[269]: 
    [Holiday: Memorial Day (month=5, day=31, offset=<DateOffset: weekday=MO(-1)>),
     Holiday: July 4th (month=7, day=4, observance=<function nearest_workday at 0x7f450611f8c0>),
     Holiday: Columbus Day (month=10, day=1, offset=<DateOffset: weekday=MO(+2)>)]
    In [270]: new_cal = HolidayCalendarFactory('NewExampleCalendar', cal, USLaborDay)
    In [271]: new_cal.rules
    Out[271]: 
    [Holiday: Labor Day (month=9, day=1, offset=<DateOffset: weekday=MO(+1)>),
     Holiday: Memorial Day (month=5, day=31, offset=<DateOffset: weekday=MO(-1)>),
     Holiday: July 4th (month=7, day=4, observance=<function nearest_workday at 0x7f450611f8c0>),
     Holiday: Columbus Day (month=10, day=1, offset=<DateOffset: weekday=MO(+2)>)]
    

    Shifting / lagging

    One may want to shift or lag the values in a time series back and forward in time. The method for this is shift(), which is available on all of the pandas objects.

    In [272]: ts = pd.Series(range(len(rng)), index=rng)
    In [273]: ts = ts[:5]
    In [274]: ts.shift(1)
    Out[274]: 
    2012-01-01    NaN
    2012-01-02    0.0
    2012-01-03    1.0
    Freq: D, dtype: float64
    

    The shift method accepts an freq argument which can accept a DateOffset class or other timedelta-like object or also an offset alias:

    In [275]: ts.shift(5, freq=pd.offsets.BDay()) Out[275]: 2012-01-06 0 2012-01-09 1 2012-01-10 2 Freq: B, dtype: int64 In [276]: ts.shift(5, freq='BM') Out[276]: 2012-05-31 0 2012-05-31 1 2012-05-31 2 Freq: D, dtype: int64

    Rather than changing the alignment of the data and the index, DataFrame and Series objects also have a tshift() convenience method that changes all the dates in the index by a specified number of offsets:

    In [277]: ts.tshift(5, freq='D')
    Out[277]: 
    2012-01-06    0
    2012-01-07    1
    2012-01-08    2
    Freq: D, dtype: int64
    

    Note that with tshift, the leading entry is no longer NaN because the data is not being realigned.

    Frequency conversion

    The primary function for changing frequencies is the asfreq() method. For a DatetimeIndex, this is basically just a thin, but convenient wrapper around reindex() which generates a date_range and calls reindex.

    In [278]: dr = pd.date_range('1/1/2010', periods=3, freq=3 * pd.offsets.BDay()) In [279]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(3), index=dr) In [280]: ts Out[280]: 2010-01-01 1.494522 2010-01-06 -0.778425 2010-01-11 -0.253355 Freq: 3B, dtype: float64 In [281]: ts.asfreq(pd.offsets.BDay()) Out[281]: 2010-01-01 1.494522 2010-01-04 NaN 2010-01-05 NaN 2010-01-06 -0.778425 2010-01-07 NaN 2010-01-08 NaN 2010-01-11 -0.253355 Freq: B, dtype: float64

    asfreq provides a further convenience so you can specify an interpolation method for any gaps that may appear after the frequency conversion.

    In [282]: ts.asfreq(pd.offsets.BDay(), method='pad')
    Out[282]: 
    2010-01-01    1.494522
    2010-01-04    1.494522
    2010-01-05    1.494522
    2010-01-06   -0.778425
    2010-01-07   -0.778425
    2010-01-08   -0.778425
    2010-01-11   -0.253355
    Freq: B, dtype: float64
    

    Filling forward / backward

    Related to asfreq and reindex is fillna(), which is documented in the missing data section.

    Converting to Python datetimes

    DatetimeIndex can be converted to an array of Python native datetime.datetime objects using the to_pydatetime method.

    Resampling

    Warning

    The interface to .resample has changed in 0.18.0 to be more groupby-like and hence more flexible. See the whatsnew docs for a comparison with prior versions.

    Pandas has a simple, powerful, and efficient functionality for performing resampling operations during frequency conversion (e.g., converting secondly data into 5-minutely data). This is extremely common in, but not limited to, financial applications.

    resample() is a time-based groupby, followed by a reduction method on each of its groups. See some cookbook examples for some advanced strategies.

    Starting in version 0.18.1, the resample() function can be used directly from DataFrameGroupBy objects, see the groupby docs.

    .resample() is similar to using a rolling() operation with a time-based offset, see a discussion here.

    Basics

    In [283]: rng = pd.date_range('1/1/2012', periods=100, freq='S')
    In [284]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randint(0, 500, len(rng)), index=rng)
    In [285]: ts.resample('5Min').sum()
    Out[285]: 
    2012-01-01    25103
    Freq: 5T, dtype: int64
    

    The resample function is very flexible and allows you to specify many different parameters to control the frequency conversion and resampling operation.

    Any function available via dispatching is available as a method of the returned object, including sum, mean, std, sem, max, min, median, first, last, ohlc:

    In [286]: ts.resample('5Min').mean() Out[286]: 2012-01-01 251.03 Freq: 5T, dtype: float64 In [287]: ts.resample('5Min').ohlc() Out[287]: open high low close 2012-01-01 308 460 9 205 In [288]: ts.resample('5Min').max() Out[288]: 2012-01-01 460 Freq: 5T, dtype: int64

    For downsampling, closed can be set to ‘left’ or ‘right’ to specify which end of the interval is closed:

    In [289]: ts.resample('5Min', closed='right').mean() Out[289]: 2011-12-31 23:55:00 308.000000 2012-01-01 00:00:00 250.454545 Freq: 5T, dtype: float64 In [290]: ts.resample('5Min', closed='left').mean() Out[290]: 2012-01-01 251.03 Freq: 5T, dtype: float64

    Parameters like label and loffset are used to manipulate the resulting labels. label specifies whether the result is labeled with the beginning or the end of the interval. loffset performs a time adjustment on the output labels.

    In [291]: ts.resample('5Min').mean() # by default label='left' Out[291]: 2012-01-01 251.03 Freq: 5T, dtype: float64 In [292]: ts.resample('5Min', label='left').mean() Out[292]: 2012-01-01 251.03 Freq: 5T, dtype: float64 In [293]: ts.resample('5Min', label='left', loffset='1s').mean() Out[293]: 2012-01-01 00:00:01 251.03 dtype: float64

    Warning

    The default values for label and closed is ‘left’ for all frequency offsets except for ‘M’, ‘A’, ‘Q’, ‘BM’, ‘BA’, ‘BQ’, and ‘W’ which all have a default of ‘right’.

    This might unintendedly lead to looking ahead, where the value for a later time is pulled back to a previous time as in the following example with the BusinessDay frequency:

    In [294]: s = pd.date_range('2000-01-01', '2000-01-05').to_series() In [295]: s.iloc[2] = pd.NaT In [296]: s.dt.weekday_name Out[296]: 2000-01-01 Saturday 2000-01-02 Sunday 2000-01-03 NaN 2000-01-04 Tuesday 2000-01-05 Wednesday Freq: D, dtype: object # default: label='left', closed='left' In [297]: s.resample('B').last().dt.weekday_name Out[297]: 1999-12-31 Sunday 2000-01-03 NaN 2000-01-04 Tuesday 2000-01-05 Wednesday Freq: B, dtype: object

    Notice how the value for Sunday got pulled back to the previous Friday. To get the behavior where the value for Sunday is pushed to Monday, use instead

    In [298]: s.resample('B', label='right', closed='right').last().dt.weekday_name
    Out[298]: 
    2000-01-03       Sunday
    2000-01-04      Tuesday
    2000-01-05    Wednesday
    Freq: B, dtype: object
    

    The axis parameter can be set to 0 or 1 and allows you to resample the specified axis for a DataFrame.

    kind can be set to ‘timestamp’ or ‘period’ to convert the resulting index to/from timestamp and time span representations. By default resample retains the input representation.

    convention can be set to ‘start’ or ‘end’ when resampling period data (detail below). It specifies how low frequency periods are converted to higher frequency periods.

    Upsampling

    For upsampling, you can specify a way to upsample and the limit parameter to interpolate over the gaps that are created:

    # from secondly to every 250 milliseconds In [299]: ts[:2].resample('250L').asfreq() Out[299]: 2012-01-01 00:00:00.000 308.0 2012-01-01 00:00:00.250 NaN 2012-01-01 00:00:00.500 NaN 2012-01-01 00:00:00.750 NaN 2012-01-01 00:00:01.000 204.0 Freq: 250L, dtype: float64 In [300]: ts[:2].resample('250L').ffill() Out[300]: 2012-01-01 00:00:00.000 308 2012-01-01 00:00:00.250 308 2012-01-01 00:00:00.500 308 2012-01-01 00:00:00.750 308 2012-01-01 00:00:01.000 204 Freq: 250L, dtype: int64 In [301]: ts[:2].resample('250L').ffill(limit=2) Out[301]: 2012-01-01 00:00:00.000 308.0 2012-01-01 00:00:00.250 308.0 2012-01-01 00:00:00.500 308.0 2012-01-01 00:00:00.750 NaN 2012-01-01 00:00:01.000 204.0 Freq: 250L, dtype: float64

    Sparse resampling

    Sparse timeseries are the ones where you have a lot fewer points relative to the amount of time you are looking to resample. Naively upsampling a sparse series can potentially generate lots of intermediate values. When you don’t want to use a method to fill these values, e.g. fill_method is None, then intermediate values will be filled with NaN.

    Since resample is a time-based groupby, the following is a method to efficiently resample only the groups that are not all NaN.

    In [302]: rng = pd.date_range('2014-1-1', periods=100, freq='D') + pd.Timedelta('1s')
    In [303]: ts = pd.Series(range(100), index=rng)
    

    If we want to resample to the full range of the series:

    In [304]: ts.resample('3T').sum()
    Out[304]: 
    2014-01-01 00:00:00     0
    2014-01-01 00:03:00     0
    2014-01-01 00:06:00     0
    2014-01-01 00:09:00     0
    2014-01-01 00:12:00     0
    2014-04-09 23:48:00     0
    2014-04-09 23:51:00     0
    2014-04-09 23:54:00     0
    2014-04-09 23:57:00     0
    2014-04-10 00:00:00    99
    Freq: 3T, Length: 47521, dtype: int64
    

    We can instead only resample those groups where we have points as follows:

    In [305]: from functools import partial
    In [306]: from pandas.tseries.frequencies import to_offset
    In [307]: def round(t, freq):
       .....:     freq = to_offset(freq)
       .....:     return pd.Timestamp((t.value // freq.delta.value) * freq.delta.value)
       .....: 
    In [308]: ts.groupby(partial(round, freq='3T')).sum()
    Out[308]: 
    2014-01-01     0
    2014-01-02     1
    2014-01-03     2
    2014-01-04     3
    2014-01-05     4
    2014-04-06    95
    2014-04-07    96
    2014-04-08    97
    2014-04-09    98
    2014-04-10    99
    Length: 100, dtype: int64
    

    Aggregation

    Similar to the aggregating API, groupby API, and the window functions API, a Resampler can be selectively resampled.

    Resampling a DataFrame, the default will be to act on all columns with the same function.

    In [309]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(1000, 3),
       .....:                   index=pd.date_range('1/1/2012', freq='S', periods=1000),
       .....:                   columns=['A', 'B', 'C'])
       .....: 
    In [310]: r = df.resample('3T')
    In [311]: r.mean()
    Out[311]: 
                                A         B         C
    2012-01-01 00:00:00 -0.033823 -0.121514 -0.081447
    2012-01-01 00:03:00  0.056909  0.146731 -0.024320
    2012-01-01 00:06:00 -0.058837  0.047046 -0.052021
    2012-01-01 00:09:00  0.063123 -0.026158 -0.066533
    2012-01-01 00:12:00  0.186340 -0.003144  0.074752
    2012-01-01 00:15:00 -0.085954 -0.016287 -0.050046
    

    We can select a specific column or columns using standard getitem.

    In [312]: r['A'].mean() Out[312]: 2012-01-01 00:00:00 -0.033823 2012-01-01 00:03:00 0.056909 2012-01-01 00:06:00 -0.058837 2012-01-01 00:09:00 0.063123 2012-01-01 00:12:00 0.186340 2012-01-01 00:15:00 -0.085954 Freq: 3T, Name: A, dtype: float64 In [313]: r[['A', 'B']].mean() Out[313]: A B 2012-01-01 00:00:00 -0.033823 -0.121514 2012-01-01 00:03:00 0.056909 0.146731 2012-01-01 00:06:00 -0.058837 0.047046 2012-01-01 00:09:00 0.063123 -0.026158 2012-01-01 00:12:00 0.186340 -0.003144 2012-01-01 00:15:00 -0.085954 -0.016287

    You can pass a list or dict of functions to do aggregation with, outputting a DataFrame :

    In [314]: r['A'].agg([np.sum, np.mean, np.std])
    Out[314]: 
                               sum      mean       std
    2012-01-01 00:00:00  -6.088060 -0.033823  1.043263
    2012-01-01 00:03:00  10.243678  0.056909  1.058534
    2012-01-01 00:06:00 -10.590584 -0.058837  0.949264
    2012-01-01 00:09:00  11.362228  0.063123  1.028096
    2012-01-01 00:12:00  33.541257  0.186340  0.884586
    2012-01-01 00:15:00  -8.595393 -0.085954  1.035476
    

    On a resampled DataFrame, you can pass a list of functions to apply to each column, which produces an aggregated result with a hierarchical index:

    In [315]: r.agg([np.sum, np.mean])
    Out[315]: 
                                 A                    B                    C          
                               sum      mean        sum      mean        sum      mean
    2012-01-01 00:00:00  -6.088060 -0.033823 -21.872530 -0.121514 -14.660515 -0.081447
    2012-01-01 00:03:00  10.243678  0.056909  26.411633  0.146731  -4.377642 -0.024320
    2012-01-01 00:06:00 -10.590584 -0.058837   8.468289  0.047046  -9.363825 -0.052021
    2012-01-01 00:09:00  11.362228  0.063123  -4.708526 -0.026158 -11.975895 -0.066533
    2012-01-01 00:12:00  33.541257  0.186340  -0.565895 -0.003144  13.455299  0.074752
    2012-01-01 00:15:00  -8.595393 -0.085954  -1.628689 -0.016287  -5.004580 -0.050046
    

    By passing a dict to aggregate you can apply a different aggregation to the columns of a DataFrame:

    In [316]: r.agg({'A': np.sum,
       .....:        'B': lambda x: np.std(x, ddof=1)})
       .....: 
    Out[316]: 
                                 A         B
    2012-01-01 00:00:00  -6.088060  1.001294
    2012-01-01 00:03:00  10.243678  1.074597
    2012-01-01 00:06:00 -10.590584  0.987309
    2012-01-01 00:09:00  11.362228  0.944953
    2012-01-01 00:12:00  33.541257  1.095025
    2012-01-01 00:15:00  -8.595393  1.035312
    

    The function names can also be strings. In order for a string to be valid it must be implemented on the resampled object:

    In [317]: r.agg({'A': 'sum', 'B': 'std'})
    Out[317]: 
                                 A         B
    2012-01-01 00:00:00  -6.088060  1.001294
    2012-01-01 00:03:00  10.243678  1.074597
    2012-01-01 00:06:00 -10.590584  0.987309
    2012-01-01 00:09:00  11.362228  0.944953
    2012-01-01 00:12:00  33.541257  1.095025
    2012-01-01 00:15:00  -8.595393  1.035312
    

    Furthermore, you can also specify multiple aggregation functions for each column separately.

    In [318]: r.agg({'A': ['sum', 'std'], 'B': ['mean', 'std']})
    Out[318]: 
                                 A                   B          
                               sum       std      mean       std
    2012-01-01 00:00:00  -6.088060  1.043263 -0.121514  1.001294
    2012-01-01 00:03:00  10.243678  1.058534  0.146731  1.074597
    2012-01-01 00:06:00 -10.590584  0.949264  0.047046  0.987309
    2012-01-01 00:09:00  11.362228  1.028096 -0.026158  0.944953
    2012-01-01 00:12:00  33.541257  0.884586 -0.003144  1.095025
    2012-01-01 00:15:00  -8.595393  1.035476 -0.016287  1.035312
    

    If a DataFrame does not have a datetimelike index, but instead you want to resample based on datetimelike column in the frame, it can passed to the on keyword.

    In [319]: df = pd.DataFrame({'date': pd.date_range('2015-01-01', freq='W', periods=5), .....: 'a': np.arange(5)}, .....: index=pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([ .....: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], .....: pd.date_range('2015-01-01', freq='W', periods=5)], .....: names=['v', 'd'])) .....: In [320]: df Out[320]: date a 1 2015-01-04 2015-01-04 0 2 2015-01-11 2015-01-11 1 3 2015-01-18 2015-01-18 2 4 2015-01-25 2015-01-25 3 5 2015-02-01 2015-02-01 4 In [321]: df.resample('M', on='date').sum() Out[321]: 2015-01-31 6 2015-02-28 4

    Similarly, if you instead want to resample by a datetimelike level of MultiIndex, its name or location can be passed to the level keyword.

    In [322]: df.resample('M', level='d').sum()
    Out[322]: 
    2015-01-31  6
    2015-02-28  4
    

    Iterating through groups

    With the Resampler object in hand, iterating through the grouped data is very natural and functions similarly to itertools.groupby():

    In [323]: small = pd.Series(
       .....:     range(6),
       .....:     index=pd.to_datetime(['2017-01-01T00:00:00',
       .....:                           '2017-01-01T00:30:00',
       .....:                           '2017-01-01T00:31:00',
       .....:                           '2017-01-01T01:00:00',
       .....:                           '2017-01-01T03:00:00',
       .....:                           '2017-01-01T03:05:00'])
       .....: )
       .....: 
    In [324]: resampled = small.resample('H')
    In [325]: for name, group in resampled:
       .....:     print("Group: ", name)
       .....:     print("-" * 27)
       .....:     print(group, end="\n\n")
       .....: 
    Group:  2017-01-01 00:00:00
    ---------------------------
    2017-01-01 00:00:00    0
    2017-01-01 00:30:00    1
    2017-01-01 00:31:00    2
    dtype: int64
    Group:  2017-01-01 01:00:00
    ---------------------------
    2017-01-01 01:00:00    3
    dtype: int64
    Group:  2017-01-01 02:00:00
    ---------------------------
    Series([], dtype: int64)
    Group:  2017-01-01 03:00:00
    ---------------------------
    2017-01-01 03:00:00    4
    2017-01-01 03:05:00    5
    dtype: int64
    

    See Iterating through groups or Resampler.__iter__ for more.

    Time span representation

    Regular intervals of time are represented by Period objects in pandas while sequences of Period objects are collected in a PeriodIndex, which can be created with the convenience function period_range.

    Period

    A Period represents a span of time (e.g., a day, a month, a quarter, etc). You can specify the span via freq keyword using a frequency alias like below. Because freq represents a span of Period, it cannot be negative like “-3D”.

    In [326]: pd.Period('2012', freq='A-DEC') Out[326]: Period('2012', 'A-DEC') In [327]: pd.Period('2012-1-1', freq='D') Out[327]: Period('2012-01-01', 'D') In [328]: pd.Period('2012-1-1 19:00', freq='H') Out[328]: Period('2012-01-01 19:00', 'H') In [329]: pd.Period('2012-1-1 19:00', freq='5H') Out[329]: Period('2012-01-01 19:00', '5H')

    Adding and subtracting integers from periods shifts the period by its own frequency. Arithmetic is not allowed between Period with different freq (span).

    In [330]: p = pd.Period('2012', freq='A-DEC') In [331]: p + 1 Out[331]: Period('2013', 'A-DEC') In [332]: p - 3 Out[332]: Period('2009', 'A-DEC') In [333]: p = pd.Period('2012-01', freq='2M') In [334]: p + 2 Out[334]: Period('2012-05', '2M') In [335]: p - 1 Out[335]: Period('2011-11', '2M') In [336]: p == pd.Period('2012-01', freq='3M') --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IncompatibleFrequency Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-336-4b67dc0b596c> in <module> ----> 1 p == pd.Period('2012-01', freq='3M') /pandas/pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx in pandas._libs.tslibs.period._Period.__richcmp__() IncompatibleFrequency: Input has different freq=3M from Period(freq=2M)

    If Period freq is daily or higher (D, H, T, S, L, U, N), offsets and timedelta-like can be added if the result can have the same freq. Otherwise, ValueError will be raised.

    In [337]: p = pd.Period('2014-07-01 09:00', freq='H') In [338]: p + pd.offsets.Hour(2) Out[338]: Period('2014-07-01 11:00', 'H') In [339]: p + datetime.timedelta(minutes=120) Out[339]: Period('2014-07-01 11:00', 'H') In [340]: p + np.timedelta64(7200, 's') Out[340]: Period('2014-07-01 11:00', 'H')
    In [1]: p + pd.offsets.
    
    
    
    
        
    Minute(5)
    Traceback
    ValueError: Input has different freq from Period(freq=H)
    

    If Period has other frequencies, only the same offsets can be added. Otherwise, ValueError will be raised.

    In [341]: p = pd.Period('2014-07', freq='M')
    In [342]: p + pd.offsets.MonthEnd(3)
    Out[342]: Period('2014-10', 'M')
    
    In [1]: p + pd.offsets.MonthBegin(3)
    Traceback
    ValueError: Input has different freq from Period(freq=M)
    

    Taking the difference of Period instances with the same frequency will return the number of frequency units between them:

    In [343]: pd.Period('2012', freq='A-DEC') - pd.Period('2002', freq='A-DEC')
    Out[343]: <10 * YearEnds: month=12>
    

    PeriodIndex and period_range

    Regular sequences of Period objects can be collected in a PeriodIndex, which can be constructed using the period_range convenience function:

    In [344]: prng = pd.period_range('1/1/2011', '1/1/2012', freq='M')
    In [345]: prng
    Out[345]: 
    PeriodIndex(['2011-01', '2011-02', '2011-03', '2011-04', '2011-05', '2011-06',
                 '2011-07', '2011-08', '2011-09', '2011-10', '2011-11', '2011-12',
                 '2012-01'],
                dtype='period[M]', freq='M')
    

    The PeriodIndex constructor can also be used directly:

    In [346]: pd.PeriodIndex(['2011-1', '2011-2', '2011-3'], freq='M')
    Out[346]: PeriodIndex(['2011-01', '2011-02', '2011-03'], dtype='period[M]', freq='M')
    

    Passing multiplied frequency outputs a sequence of Period which has multiplied span.

    In [347]: pd.period_range(start='2014-01', freq='3M', periods=4)
    Out[347]: PeriodIndex(['2014-01', '2014-04', '2014-07', '2014-10'], dtype='period[3M]', freq='3M')
    

    If start or end are Period objects, they will be used as anchor endpoints for a PeriodIndex with frequency matching that of the PeriodIndex constructor.

    In [348]: pd.period_range(start=pd.Period('2017Q1', freq='Q'),
       .....:                 end=pd.Period('2017Q2', freq='Q'), freq='M')
       .....: 
    Out[348]: PeriodIndex(['2017-03', '2017-04', '2017-05', '2017-06'], dtype='period[M]', freq='M')
    

    Just like DatetimeIndex, a PeriodIndex can also be used to index pandas objects:

    In [349]: ps = pd.Series(np.random.randn(len(prng)), prng)
    In [350]: ps
    Out[350]: 
    2011-01   -2.916901
    2011-02    0.514474
    2011-03    1.346470
    2011-04    0.816397
    2011-05    2.258648
    2011-06    0.494789
    2011-07    0.301239
    2011-08    0.464776
    2011-09   -1.393581
    2011-10    0.056780
    2011-11    0.197035
    2011-12    2.261385
    2012-01   -0.329583
    Freq: M, dtype: float64
    

    PeriodIndex supports addition and subtraction with the same rule as Period.

    In [351]: idx = pd.period_range('2014-07-01 09:00', periods=5, freq='H') In [352]: idx Out[352]: PeriodIndex(['2014-07-01 09:00', '2014-07-01 10:00', '2014-07-01 11:00', '2014-07-01 12:00', '2014-07-01 13:00'], dtype='period[H]', freq='H') In [353]: idx + pd.offsets.Hour(2) Out[353]: PeriodIndex(['2014-07-01 11:00', '2014-07-01 12:00', '2014-07-01 13:00', '2014-07-01 14:00', '2014-07-01 15:00'], dtype='period[H]', freq='H') In [354]: idx = pd.period_range('2014-07', periods=5, freq='M') In [355]: idx Out[355]: PeriodIndex(['2014-07', '2014-08', '2014-09', '2014-10', '2014-11'], dtype='period[M]', freq='M') In [356]: idx + pd.offsets.MonthEnd(3) Out[356]: PeriodIndex(['2014-10', '2014-11', '2014-12', '2015-01', '2015-02'], dtype='period[M]', freq='M')

    PeriodIndex has its own dtype named period, refer to Period Dtypes.

    Period dtypes

    New in version 0.19.0.

    PeriodIndex has a custom period dtype. This is a pandas extension dtype similar to the timezone aware dtype (datetime64[ns, tz]).

    The period dtype holds the freq attribute and is represented with period[freq] like period[D] or period[M], using frequency strings.

    In [357]: pi = pd.period_range('2016-01-01', periods=3, freq='M') In [358]: pi Out[358]: PeriodIndex(['2016-01', '2016-02', '2016-03'], dtype='period[M]', freq='M') In [359]: pi.dtype Out[359]: period[M]

    The period dtype can be used in .astype(...). It allows one to change the freq of a PeriodIndex like .asfreq() and convert a DatetimeIndex to PeriodIndex like to_period():

    # change monthly freq to daily freq In [360]: pi.astype('period[D]') Out[360]: PeriodIndex(['2016-01-31', '2016-02-29', '2016-03-31'], dtype='period[D]', freq='D') # convert to DatetimeIndex In [361]: pi.astype('datetime64[ns]') Out[361]: DatetimeIndex(['2016-01-01', '2016-02-01', '2016-03-01'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='MS') # convert to PeriodIndex In [362]: dti = pd.date_range('2011-01-01', freq='M', periods=3) In [363]: dti Out[363]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-31', '2011-02-28', '2011-03-31'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='M') In [364]: dti.astype('period[M]') Out[364]: PeriodIndex(['2011-01', '2011-02', '2011-03'], dtype='period[M]', freq='M')

    PeriodIndex partial string indexing

    You can pass in dates and strings to Series and DataFrame with PeriodIndex, in the same manner as DatetimeIndex. For details, refer to DatetimeIndex Partial String Indexing.

    In [365]: ps['2011-01'] Out[365]: -2.9169013294054507 In [366]: ps[datetime.datetime(2011, 12, 25):] Out[366]: 2011-12 2.261385 2012-01 -0.329583 Freq: M, dtype: float64 In [367]: ps['10/31/2011':'12/31/2011'] Out[367]: 2011-10 0.056780 2011-11 0.197035 2011-12 2.261385 Freq: M, dtype: float64

    Passing a string representing a lower frequency than PeriodIndex returns partial sliced data.

    In [368]: ps['2011'] Out[368]: 2011-01 -2.916901 2011-02 0.514474 2011-03 1.346470 2011-04 0.816397 2011-05 2.258648 2011-06 0.494789 2011-07 0.301239 2011-08 0.464776 2011-09 -1.393581 2011-10 0.056780 2011-11 0.197035 2011-12 2.261385 Freq: M, dtype: float64 In [369]: dfp = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(600, 1), .....: columns=['A'], .....: index=pd.period_range('2013-01-01 9:00', .....: periods=600, .....: freq='T')) .....: In [370]: dfp Out[370]: 2013-01-01 09:00 -0.538468 2013-01-01 09:01 -1.365819 2013-01-01 09:02 -0.969051 2013-01-01 09:03 -0.331152 2013-01-01 09:04 -0.245334 ... ... 2013-01-01 18:55 0.522460 2013-01-01 18:56 0.118710 2013-01-01 18:57 0.167517 2013-01-01 18:58 0.922883 2013-01-01 18:59 1.721104 [600 rows x 1 columns] In [371]: dfp['2013-01-01 10H'] Out[371]: 2013-01-01 10:00 -0.308975 2013-01-01 10:01 0.542520 2013-01-01 10:02 1.061068 2013-01-01 10:03 0.754005 2013-01-01 10:04 0.352933 ... ... 2013-01-01 10:55 -0.865621 2013-01-01 10:56 -1.167818 2013-01-01 10:57 -2.081748 2013-01-01 10:58 -0.527146 2013-01-01 10:59 0.802298 [60 rows x 1 columns]

    As with DatetimeIndex, the endpoints will be included in the result. The example below slices data starting from 10:00 to 11:59.

    In [372]: dfp['2013-01-01 10H':'2013-01-01 11H']
    Out[372]: 
    2013-01-01 10:00 -0.308975
    2013-01-01 10:01  0.542520
    2013-01-01 10:02  1.061068
    2013-01-01 10:03  0.754005
    2013-01-01 10:04  0.352933
    ...                    ...
    2013-01-01 11:55 -0.590204
    2013-01-01 11:56  1.539990
    2013-01-01 11:57 -1.224826
    2013-01-01 11:58  0.578798
    2013-01-01 11:59 -0.685496
    [120 rows x 1 columns]
    

    Frequency conversion and resampling with PeriodIndex

    The frequency of Period and PeriodIndex can be converted via the asfreq method. Let’s start with the fiscal year 2011, ending in December:

    In [373]: p = pd.Period('2011', freq='A-DEC')
    In [374]: p
    Out[374]: Period('2011', 'A-DEC')
    

    We can convert it to a monthly frequency. Using the how parameter, we can specify whether to return the starting or ending month:

    In [375]: p.asfreq('M', how='start') Out[375]: Period('2011-01', 'M') In [376]: p.asfreq('M', how='end') Out[376]: Period('2011-12', 'M')

    The shorthands ‘s’ and ‘e’ are provided for convenience:

    In [377]: p.asfreq('M', 's') Out[377]: Period('2011-01', 'M') In [378]: p.asfreq('M', 'e') Out[378]: Period('2011-12', 'M')

    Converting to a “super-period” (e.g., annual frequency is a super-period of quarterly frequency) automatically returns the super-period that includes the input period:

    In [379]: p = pd.Period('2011-12', freq='M')
    In [380]: p.asfreq('A-NOV')
    Out[380]: Period('2012', 'A-NOV')
    

    Note that since we converted to an annual frequency that ends the year in November, the monthly period of December 2011 is actually in the 2012 A-NOV period.

    Period conversions with anchored frequencies are particularly useful for working with various quarterly data common to economics, business, and other fields. Many organizations define quarters relative to the month in which their fiscal year starts and ends. Thus, first quarter of 2011 could start in 2010 or a few months into 2011. Via anchored frequencies, pandas works for all quarterly frequencies Q-JAN through Q-DEC.

    Q-DEC define regular calendar quarters:

    In [381]: p = pd.Period('2012Q1', freq='Q-DEC') In [382]: p.asfreq('D', 's') Out[382]: Period('2012-01-01', 'D') In [383]: p.asfreq('D', 'e') Out[383]: Period('2012-03-31', 'D')

    Q-MAR defines fiscal year end in March:

    In [384]: p = pd.Period('2011Q4', freq='Q-MAR') In [385]: p.asfreq('D', 's') Out[385]: Period('2011-01-01', 'D') In [386]: p.asfreq('D', 'e') Out[386]: Period('2011-03-31', 'D')

    Converting between representations

    Timestamped data can be converted to PeriodIndex-ed data using to_period and vice-versa using to_timestamp:

    In [387]: rng = pd.date_range('1/1/2012', periods=5, freq='M') In [388]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(len(rng)), index=rng) In [389]: ts Out[389]: 2012-01-31 1.931253 2012-02-29 -0.184594 2012-03-31 0.249656 2012-04-30 -0.978151 2012-05-31 -0.873389 Freq: M, dtype: float64 In [390]: ps = ts.to_period() In [391]: ps Out[391]: 2012-01 1.931253 2012-02 -0.184594 2012-03 0.249656 2012-04 -0.978151 2012-05 -0.873389 Freq: M, dtype: float64 In [392]: ps.to_timestamp() Out[392]: 2012-01-01 1.931253 2012-02-01 -0.184594 2012-03-01 0.249656 2012-04-01 -0.978151 2012-05-01 -0.873389 Freq: MS, dtype: float64

    Remember that ‘s’ and ‘e’ can be used to return the timestamps at the start or end of the period:

    In [393]: ps.to_timestamp('D', how='s')
    Out[393]: 
    2012-01-01    1.931253
    2012-02-01   -0.184594
    2012-03-01    0.249656
    2012-04-01   -0.978151
    2012-05-01   -0.873389
    Freq: MS, dtype: float64
    

    Converting between period and timestamp enables some convenient arithmetic functions to be used. In the following example, we convert a quarterly frequency with year ending in November to 9am of the end of the month following the quarter end:

    In [394]: prng = pd.period_range('1990Q1', '2000Q4', freq='Q-NOV')
    In [395]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(len(prng)), prng)
    In [396]: ts.index = (prng.asfreq('M', 'e') + 1).asfreq('H', 's') + 9
    In [397]: ts.head()
    Out[397]: 
    1990-03-01 09:00   -0.109291
    1990-06-01 09:00   -0.637235
    1990-09-01 09:00   -1.735925
    1990-12-01 09:00    2.096946
    1991-03-01 09:00   -1.039926
    Freq: H, dtype: float64
    

    Representing out-of-bounds spans

    If you have data that is outside of the Timestamp bounds, see Timestamp limitations, then you can use a PeriodIndex and/or Series of Periods to do computations.

    In [398]: span = pd.period_range('1215-01-01', '1381-01-01', freq='D')
    In [399]: span
    Out[399]: 
    PeriodIndex(['1215-01-01', '1215-01-02', '1215-01-03', '1215-01-04',
                 '1215-01-05', '1215-01-06', '1215-01-07', '1215-01-08',
                 '1215-01-09', '1215-01-10',
                 '1380-12-23', '1380-12-24', '1380-12-25', '1380-12-26',
                 '1380-12-27', '1380-12-28', '1380-12-29', '1380-12-30',
                 '1380-12-31', '1381-01-01'],
                dtype='period[D]', length=60632, freq='D')
    

    To convert from an int64 based YYYYMMDD representation.

    In [400]: s = pd.Series([20121231, 20141130, 99991231]) In [401]: s Out[401]: 0 20121231 1 20141130 2 99991231 dtype: int64 In [402]: def conv(x): .....: return pd.Period(year=x // 10000, month=x // 100 % 100, .....: day=x % 100, freq='D') .....: In [403]: s.apply(conv) Out[403]: 0 2012-12-31 1 2014-11-30 2 9999-12-31 dtype: period[D] In [404]: s.apply(conv)[2] Out[404]: Period('9999-12-31', 'D')

    These can easily be converted to a PeriodIndex:

    In [405]: span = pd.PeriodIndex(s.apply(conv))
    In [406]: span
    Out[406]: PeriodIndex(['2012-12-31', '2014-11-30', '9999-12-31'], dtype='period[D]', freq='D')
    

    Time zone handling

    pandas provides rich support for working with timestamps in different time zones using the pytz and dateutil libraries or class:datetime.timezone objects from the standard library.

    Working with time zones

    By default, pandas objects are time zone unaware:

    In [407]: rng = pd.date_range('3/6/2012 00:00', periods=15, freq='D')
    In [408]: rng.tz is None
    Out[408]: True
    

    To localize these dates to a time zone (assign a particular time zone to a naive date), you can use the tz_localize method or the tz keyword argument in date_range(), Timestamp, or DatetimeIndex. You can either pass pytz or dateutil time zone objects or Olson time zone database strings. Olson time zone strings will return pytz time zone objects by default. To return dateutil time zone objects, append dateutil/ before the string.

  • In pytz you can find a list of common (and less common) time zones using from pytz import common_timezones, all_timezones.
  • dateutil uses the OS time zones so there isn’t a fixed list available. For common zones, the names are the same as pytz.
  • In [409]: import dateutil
    # pytz
    In [410]: rng_pytz = pd.date_range('3/6/2012 00:00', periods=3, freq='D',
       .....:                          tz='Europe/London')
       .....: 
    In [411]: rng_pytz.tz
    Out[411]: <DstTzInfo 'Europe/London' LMT-1 day, 23:59:00 STD>
    # dateutil
    In [412]: rng_dateutil = pd.date_range('3/6/2012 00:00', periods=3, freq='D')
    In [413]: rng_dateutil = rng_dateutil.tz_localize('dateutil/Europe/London')
    In [414]: rng_dateutil.tz
    Out[414]: tzfile('/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London')
    # dateutil - utc special case
    In [415]: rng_utc = pd.date_range('3/6/2012 00:00', periods=3, freq='D',
       .....:                         tz=dateutil.tz.tzutc())
       .....: 
    In [416]: rng_utc.tz
    Out[416]: tzutc()
    

    New in version 0.25.0.

    # datetime.timezone
    In [417]: rng_utc = pd.date_range('3/6/2012 00:00', periods=3, freq='D',
       .....:                         tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
       .....: 
    In [418]: rng_utc.tz
    Out[418]: datetime.timezone.utc
    

    Note that the UTC time zone is a special case in dateutil and should be constructed explicitly as an instance of dateutil.tz.tzutc. You can also construct other time zones objects explicitly first.

    In [419]: import pytz
    # pytz
    In [420]: tz_pytz = pytz.timezone('Europe/London')
    In [421]: rng_pytz = pd.date_range(
    
    
    
    
        
    '3/6/2012 00:00', periods=3, freq='D')
    In [422]: rng_pytz = rng_pytz.tz_localize(tz_pytz)
    In [423]: rng_pytz.tz == tz_pytz
    Out[423]: True
    # dateutil
    In [424]: tz_dateutil = dateutil.tz.gettz('Europe/London')
    In [425]: rng_dateutil = pd.date_range('3/6/2012 00:00', periods=3, freq='D',
       .....:                              tz=tz_dateutil)
       .....: 
    In [426]: rng_dateutil.tz == tz_dateutil
    Out[426]: True
    

    To convert a time zone aware pandas object from one time zone to another, you can use the tz_convert method.

    In [427]: rng_pytz.tz_convert('US/Eastern')
    Out[427]: 
    DatetimeIndex(['2012-03-05 19:00:00-05:00', '2012-03-06 19:00:00-05:00',
                   '2012-03-07 19:00:00-05:00'],
                  dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]', freq='D')
    

    When using pytz time zones, DatetimeIndex will construct a different time zone object than a Timestamp for the same time zone input. A DatetimeIndex can hold a collection of Timestamp objects that may have different UTC offsets and cannot be succinctly represented by one pytz time zone instance while one Timestamp represents one point in time with a specific UTC offset.

    In [428]: dti = pd.date_range('2019-01-01', periods=3, freq='D', tz='US/Pacific')
    In [429]: dti.tz
    Out[429]: <DstTzInfo 'US/Pacific' LMT-1 day, 16:07:00 STD>
    In [430]: ts = pd.Timestamp('2019-01-01', tz='US/Pacific')
    In [431]: ts.tz
    Out[431]: <DstTzInfo 'US/Pacific' PST-1 day, 16:00:00 STD>
    

    Warning

    Be wary of conversions between libraries. For some time zones, pytz and dateutil have different definitions of the zone. This is more of a problem for unusual time zones than for ‘standard’ zones like US/Eastern.

    Warning

    Be aware that a time zone definition across versions of time zone libraries may not be considered equal. This may cause problems when working with stored data that is localized using one version and operated on with a different version. See here for how to handle such a situation.

    Warning

    For pytz time zones, it is incorrect to pass a time zone object directly into the datetime.datetime constructor (e.g., datetime.datetime(2011, 1, 1, tz=pytz.timezone('US/Eastern')). Instead, the datetime needs to be localized using the localize method on the pytz time zone object.

    Under the hood, all timestamps are stored in UTC. Values from a time zone aware DatetimeIndex or Timestamp will have their fields (day, hour, minute, etc.) localized to the time zone. However, timestamps with the same UTC value are still considered to be equal even if they are in different time zones:

    In [432]: rng_eastern = rng_utc.tz_convert('US/Eastern') In [433]: rng_berlin = rng_utc.tz_convert('Europe/Berlin') In [434]: rng_eastern[2] Out[434]: Timestamp('2012-03-07 19:00:00-0500', tz='US/Eastern', freq='D') In [435]: rng_berlin[2] Out[435]: Timestamp('2012-03-08 01:00:00+0100', tz='Europe/Berlin', freq='D') In [436]: rng_eastern[2] == rng_berlin[2] Out[436]: True

    Operations between Series in different time zones will yield UTC Series, aligning the data on the UTC timestamps:

    In [437]: ts_utc = pd.Series(range(3), pd.date_range('20130101', periods=3, tz='UTC')) In [438]: eastern = ts_utc.tz_convert('US/Eastern') In [439]: berlin = ts_utc.tz_convert('Europe/Berlin') In [440]: result = eastern + berlin In [441]: result Out[441]: 2013-01-01 00:00:00+00:00 0 2013-01-02 00:00:00+00:00 2 2013-01-03 00:00:00+00:00 4 Freq: D, dtype: int64 In [442]: result.index Out[442]: DatetimeIndex(['2013-01-01 00:00:00+00:00', '2013-01-02 00:00:00+00:00', '2013-01-03 00:00:00+00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, UTC]', freq='D')

    To remove time zone information, use tz_localize(None) or tz_convert(None). tz_localize(None) will remove the time zone yielding the local time representation. tz_convert(None) will remove the time zone after converting to UTC time.

    In [443]: didx = pd.date_range(start='2014-08-01 09:00', freq='H', .....: periods=3, tz='US/Eastern') .....: In [444]: didx Out[444]: DatetimeIndex(['2014-08-01 09:00:00-04:00', '2014-08-01 10:00:00-04:00', '2014-08-01 11:00:00-04:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]', freq='H') In [445]: didx.tz_localize(None) Out[445]: DatetimeIndex(['2014-08-01 09:00:00', '2014-08-01 10:00:00', '2014-08-01 11:00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='H') In [446]: didx.tz_convert(None) Out[446]: DatetimeIndex(['2014-08-01 13:00:00', '2014-08-01 14:00:00', '2014-08-01 15:00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='H') # tz_convert(None) is identical to tz_convert('UTC').tz_localize(None) In [447]: didx.tz_convert('UTC').tz_localize(None) Out[447]: DatetimeIndex(['2014-08-01 13:00:00', '2014-08-01 14:00:00', '2014-08-01 15:00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='H')

    Ambiguous times when localizing

    tz_localize may not be able to determine the UTC offset of a timestamp because daylight savings time (DST) in a local time zone causes some times to occur twice within one day (“clocks fall back”). The following options are available:

  • 'raise': Raises a pytz.AmbiguousTimeError (the default behavior)
  • 'infer': Attempt to determine the correct offset base on the monotonicity of the timestamps
  • 'NaT': Replaces ambiguous times with NaT
  • bool: True represents a DST time, False represents non-DST time. An array-like of bool values is supported for a sequence of times.
  • In [448]: rng_hourly = pd.DatetimeIndex(['11/06/2011 00:00', '11/06/2011 01:00',
       .....:                                '11/06/2011 01:00', '11/06/2011 02:00'])
       .....: 
    

    This will fail as there are ambiguous times ('11/06/2011 01:00')

    In [2]: rng_hourly.tz_localize('US/Eastern')
    AmbiguousTimeError: Cannot infer dst time from Timestamp('2011-11-06 01:00:00'), try using the 'ambiguous' argument
    

    Handle these ambiguous times by specifying the following.

    In [449]: rng_hourly.tz_localize('US/Eastern', ambiguous='infer') Out[449]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-11-06 00:00:00-04:00', '2011-11-06 01:00:00-04:00', '2011-11-06 01:00:00-05:00', '2011-11-06 02:00:00-05:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]', freq=None) In [450]: rng_hourly.tz_localize('US/Eastern', ambiguous='NaT') Out[450]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-11-06 00:00:00-04:00', 'NaT', 'NaT', '2011-11-06 02:00:00-05:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]', freq=None) In [451]: rng_hourly.tz_localize('US/Eastern', ambiguous=[True, True, False, False]) Out[451]: DatetimeIndex(['2011-11-06 00:00:00-04:00', '2011-11-06 01:00:00-04:00', '2011-11-06 01:00:00-05:00', '2011-11-06 02:00:00-05:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]', freq=None)

    Nonexistent times when localizing

    A DST transition may also shift the local time ahead by 1 hour creating nonexistent local times (“clocks spring forward”). The behavior of localizing a timeseries with nonexistent times can be controlled by the nonexistent argument. The following options are available:

  • 'raise': Raises a pytz.NonExistentTimeError (the default behavior)
  • 'NaT': Replaces nonexistent times with NaT
  • 'shift_forward': Shifts nonexistent times forward to the closest real time
  • 'shift_backward': Shifts nonexistent times backward to the closest real time
  • timedelta object: Shifts nonexistent times by the timedelta duration
  • In [452]: dti = pd.date_range(start='2015-03-29 02:30:00', periods=3, freq='H')
    # 2:30 is a nonexistent time
    

    Localization of nonexistent times will raise an error by default.

    In [2]: dti.tz_localize('Europe/Warsaw')
    NonExistentTimeError: 2015-03-29 02:30:00
    

    Transform nonexistent times to NaT or shift the times.

    In [453]: dti Out[453]: DatetimeIndex(['2015-03-29 02:30:00', '2015-03-29 03:30:00', '2015-03-29 04:30:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='H') In [454]: dti.tz_localize('Europe/Warsaw', nonexistent='shift_forward') Out[454]: DatetimeIndex(['2015-03-29 03:00:00+02:00', '2015-03-29 03:30:00+02:00', '2015-03-29 04:30:00+02:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, Europe/Warsaw]', freq='H') In [455]: dti.tz_localize('Europe/Warsaw', nonexistent='shift_backward') Out[455]: DatetimeIndex(['2015-03-29 01:59:59.999999999+01:00', '2015-03-29 03:30:00+02:00', '2015-03-29 04:30:00+02:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, Europe/Warsaw]', freq='H') In [456]: dti.tz_localize('Europe/Warsaw', nonexistent=pd.Timedelta(1, unit='H')) Out[456]: DatetimeIndex(['2015-03-29 03:30:00+02:00', '2015-03-29 03:30:00+02:00', '2015-03-29 04:30:00+02:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, Europe/Warsaw]', freq='H') In [457]: dti.tz_localize('Europe/Warsaw', nonexistent='NaT') Out[457]: DatetimeIndex(['NaT', '2015-03-29 03:30:00+02:00', '2015-03-29 04:30:00+02:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, Europe/Warsaw]', freq='H')

    Time zone series operations

    A Series with time zone naive values is represented with a dtype of datetime64[ns].

    In [458]: s_naive = pd.Series(pd.date_range('20130101', periods=3))
    In [459]: s_naive
    Out[459]: 
    0   2013-01-01
    1   2013-01-02
    2   2013-01-03
    dtype: datetime64[ns]
    

    A Series with a time zone aware values is represented with a dtype of datetime64[ns, tz] where tz is the time zone

    In [460]: s_aware = pd.Series(pd.date_range('20130101', periods=3, tz='US/Eastern'))
    In [461]: s_aware
    Out[461]: 
    0   2013-01-01 00:00:00-05:00
    1   2013-01-02 00:00:00-05:00
    2   2013-01-03 00:00:00-05:00
    dtype: datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]
    

    Both of these Series time zone information can be manipulated via the .dt accessor, see the dt accessor section.

    For example, to localize and convert a naive stamp to time zone aware.

    In [462]: s_naive.dt.tz_localize('UTC').dt.tz_convert('US/Eastern')
    Out[462]: 
    0   2012-12-31 19:00:00-05:00
    1   2013-01-01 19:00:00-05:00
    2   2013-01-02 19:00:00-05:00
    dtype: datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]
    

    Time zone information can also be manipulated using the astype method. This method can localize and convert time zone naive timestamps or convert time zone aware timestamps.

    # localize and convert a naive time zone In [463]: s_naive.astype('datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]') Out[463]: 0 2012-12-31 19:00:00-05:00 1 2013-01-01 19:00:00-05:00 2 2013-01-02 19:00:00-05:00 dtype: datetime64[ns, US/Eastern] # make an aware tz naive In [464]: s_aware.astype('datetime64[ns]') Out[464]: 0 2013-01-01 05:00:00 1 2013-01-02 05:00:00 2 2013-01-03 05:00:00 dtype: datetime64[ns] # convert to a new time zone In [465]: s_aware.astype('datetime64[ns, CET]') Out[465]: 0 2013-01-01 06:00:00+01:00 1 2013-01-02 06:00:00+01:00 2 2013-01-03 06:00:00+01:00 dtype: datetime64[ns, CET]

    Using Series.to_numpy() on a Series, returns a NumPy array of the data. NumPy does not currently support time zones (even though it is printing in the local time zone!), therefore an object array of Timestamps is returned for time zone aware data:

    In [466]: s_naive.to_numpy() Out[466]: array(['2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000000', '2013-01-02T00:00:00.000000000', '2013-01-03T00:00:00.000000000'], dtype='datetime64[ns]') In [467]: s_aware.to_numpy() Out[467]: array([Timestamp('2013-01-01 00:00:00-0500', tz='US/Eastern', freq='D'), Timestamp('2013-01-02 00:00:00-0500', tz='US/Eastern', freq='D'), Timestamp('2013-01-03 00:00:00-0500', tz='US/Eastern', freq='D')], dtype=object)

    By converting to an object array of Timestamps, it preserves the time zone information. For example, when converting back to a Series:

    In [468]: pd.Series(s_aware.to_numpy())
    Out[468]: 
    0   2013-01-01 00:00:00-05:00
    1   2013-01-02 00:00:00-05:00
    2   2013-01-03 00:00:00-05:00
    dtype: datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]
    

    However, if you want an actual NumPy datetime64[ns] array (with the values converted to UTC) instead of an array of objects, you can specify the dtype argument:

    In [469]: s_aware.to_numpy(dtype='datetime64[ns]')
    Out[469]: 
    array(['2013-01-01T05:00:00.000000000', '2013-01-02T05:00:00.000000000',
           '2013-01-03T05:00:00.000000000'], dtype='datetime64[ns]')