to_datetime#

skrub.to_datetime(data, format=None)[source]#

skrub.to_datetime(df, format=None)

skrub.to_datetime(column, format=None)

Convert DataFrame or column to Datetime dtype.

Parameters:

datadataframe or column: The dataframe or column 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 .

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