to_datetime

skrub.to_datetime(data, format=None)

Convert DataFrame or column to Datetime dtype.

Parameters:

datapandas or polars {DataFrame, Series}

The dataframe or series to transform.

formatstr or None, optional, default=None

Format string to use to parse datetime strings. See the reference documentation for format codes: https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes .

Returns:

outputpandas or polars {DataFrame, Series}.

The input transformed to Datetime.

See also

ToDatetime

Parse datetimes represented as strings and return Datetime columns.

Examples

>>> import pandas as pd
>>> from skrub import to_datetime
>>> X = pd.DataFrame(dict(a=[1, 2], b=["01/02/2021", "21/02/2021"]))
>>> X
   a           b
0  1  01/02/2021
1  2  21/02/2021
>>> to_datetime(X)
   a          b
0  1 2021-02-01
1  2 2021-02-21