convert yyyymmdd to date python pandas code example
Example: panda datetime ymd to dmy
df1['Date'] = pd.to_datetime(df1['Date'], format='%Y%m%d').dt.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
df2['Date'] = pd.to_datetime(df2['Date']).dt.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
df3['Date'] = pd.to_datetime(df3['Date']).dt.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
df4['Date'] = pd.to_datetime(df4['Date']).dt.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
print df1
print df2
print df3
print df4
Date
0 03/01/2016
1 03/01/2016
2 03/01/2016
3 03/01/2016
Date
0 01/03/2016
1 01/03/2016
2 01/03/2016
Date
0 03/31/2016
1 03/31/2016
2 03/31/2016
Date
0 02/25/2016
1 02/25/2016
2 02/25/2016
print type(df1.at[0,'Date'])
<type 'str'>