dataframe change to datetime code example
Example 1: convert column to datetime format python
df['Dates'] = pd.to_datetime(df['Dates'], format='%y%m%d')
df['Date'] = df['Date'].astype('datetime64[ns]')
dtype = pd.SparseDtype(np.dtype('datetime64[ns]'))
series = pd.Series(df.date, dtype=dtype)
df['date']=np.array(series)
Example 2: pandas.datetime
In [13]: friday = pd.Timestamp('2018-01-05')
In [14]: friday.day_name()
Out[14]: 'Friday'
In [15]: saturday = friday + pd.Timedelta('1 day')
In [16]: saturday.day_name()
Out[16]: 'Saturday'
In [17]: monday = friday + pd.offsets.BDay()
In [18]: monday.day_name()
Out[18]: 'Monday'