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convert column in pandas to datetime

df['col'] = pd.to_datetime(df['col'])

convert column to datetime format python

df['Dates'] = pd.to_datetime(df['Dates'], format='%y%m%d') 

df['Date'] = df['Date'].astype('datetime64[ns]')

dtype = pd.SparseDtype(np.dtype('datetime64[ns]'))
series = pd.Series(df.date, dtype=dtype)
df['date']=np.array(series)

pandas dataframe column to datetime

# convert the 'Date' column to datetime format
df['Date']= pd.to_datetime(df['Date'])
 
# Check the format of 'Date' column
df.info()

convert a number column into datetime pandas

# convert the 'Date' column to datetime format
df['Date']= pd.to_datetime(df['Date'])
 
# Check the format of 'Date' column
df.info()

integer colomn to datetime pandas

# importing pandas package
import pandas as pd
#date to datetime
df['Dates'] = pd.to_datetime(df['Dates'], format='%Y%m%d')
  

how to conver a column in pandas to datetime type

df['Date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['Date'])
df['Date']

convert column series to datetime in pandas dataframe

#Converting column to datetime dtype while loading file.

#Create a date parser function
d_parser = lambda x: pd.to_datetime(x) 
df = pd.read_csv(file_name.csv, parse_dates=['date_column'], date_parser=d_parser)

#If date is not in parseable format, use
pd.to_datetime.strptime(x, format)
#Eg. format for '2017-03-13 04-PM' is '%Y-%M-%D %I-%p'
#Datetime Formatting Codes - http://bit.ly/python-dt-fmt

pandas convert column to datetime

df['col'] = pd.to_datetime(df['col'])

python pandas column to date

df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'], utc=True, errors='coerce')

convert datetime to date pandas

[dt.to_datetime().date() for dt in df.dates]

python pandas column to date

df = pd.DataFrame({'date':['31DEC2002','31 December 2015 00:00:00.000 GMT','.']})

df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'], utc=True, errors='coerce')
print (df)
                       date
0 2002-12-31 00:00:00+00:00
1 2015-12-31 00:00:00+00:00
2                       NaT

Convert a Pandas Column of Timestamps to Datetimes

import pandas as pd

#create DataFrame
df = pd.DataFrame({'stamps': pd.date_range(start='2020-01-01 12:00:00',
                             periods=6,
                             freq='H'),
                   'sales': [11, 14, 25, 31, 34, 35]})

#convert column of timestamps to datetimes
df.stamps = df.stamps.apply(lambda x: x.date())

#view DataFrame
df

	stamps	        sales
0	2020-01-01	11
1	2020-01-01	14
2	2020-01-01	25
3	2020-01-01	31
4	2020-01-01	34
5	2020-01-01	35

converting a panda column to a datetime()

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