python pandas change column data type to datetime code example

Example 1: convert column in pandas to datetime

df['col'] = pd.to_datetime(df['col'])

Example 2: 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)