convert date to timestamp for pandas code example

Example 1: pandas change dtype to timestamp

pd.to_datetime(df.column)

Example 2: date parser python pandas

import pandas as pd

values = {'dates':  ['20190902','20190913','20190921'],
          'status': ['Opened','Opened','Closed']
          }

df = pd.DataFrame(values, columns = ['dates','status'])

print (df)
print (df.dtypes)