remove time from pandas date colums code example

Example 1: pandas remove time from datetime

In [37]:

df = pd.DataFrame({'date':['2015-02-21 12:08:51']})
df
Out[37]:
                  date
0  2015-02-21 12:08:51
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df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date']).dt.date
df
Out[39]:
         date
0  2015-02-21

Example 2: pandas remove time from date

# If opening_date is currently a timestamp: 2021-01-09 00:00:00
opening_date = pd.to_datetime(opening_date).date()
print(opening_date) 

# Result: 2021-01-09