Pandas convert dataframe to array of tuples

How about:

subset = data_set[['data_date', 'data_1', 'data_2']]
tuples = [tuple(x) for x in subset.to_numpy()]

for pandas < 0.24 use

tuples = [tuple(x) for x in subset.values]

list(data_set.itertuples(index=False))

As of 17.1, the above will return a list of namedtuples.

If you want a list of ordinary tuples, pass name=None as an argument:

list(data_set.itertuples(index=False, name=None))