pandas reads nuber as date code example

Example 1: date parser python pandas

import pandas as pd

values = {'dates':  ['02092019','13092019','21092019'],
          'status': ['Opened','Opened','Closed']
          }

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

df['dates'] = pd.to_datetime(df['dates'], format='%d%m%Y')

print (df)
print (df.dtypes)

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)