pandas Creating DataFrames Create a sample DataFrame with datetime
Example
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
np.random.seed(0)
# create an array of 5 dates starting at '2015-02-24', one per minute
rng = pd.date_range('2015-02-24', periods=5, freq='T')
df = pd.DataFrame({ 'Date': rng, 'Val': np.random.randn(len(rng)) })
print (df)
# Output:
# Date Val
# 0 2015-02-24 00:00:00 1.764052
# 1 2015-02-24 00:01:00 0.400157
# 2 2015-02-24 00:02:00 0.978738
# 3 2015-02-24 00:03:00 2.240893
# 4 2015-02-24 00:04:00 1.867558
# create an array of 5 dates starting at '2015-02-24', one per day
rng = pd.date_range('2015-02-24', periods=5, freq='D')
df = pd.DataFrame({ 'Date': rng, 'Val' : np.random.randn(len(rng))})
print (df)
# Output:
# Date Val
# 0 2015-02-24 -0.977278
# 1 2015-02-25 0.950088
# 2 2015-02-26 -0.151357
# 3 2015-02-27 -0.103219
# 4 2015-02-28 0.410599
# create an array of 5 dates starting at '2015-02-24', one every 3 years
rng = pd.date_range('2015-02-24', periods=5, freq='3A')
df = pd.DataFrame({ 'Date': rng, 'Val' : np.random.randn(len(rng))})
print (df)
# Output:
# Date Val
# 0 2015-12-31 0.144044
# 1 2018-12-31 1.454274
# 2 2021-12-31 0.761038
# 3 2024-12-31 0.121675
# 4 2027-12-31 0.443863
DataFrame with DatetimeIndex:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
np.random.seed(0)
rng = pd.date_range('2015-02-24', periods=5, freq='T')
df = pd.DataFrame({ 'Val' : np.random.randn(len(rng)) }, index=rng)
print (df)
# Output:
# Val
# 2015-02-24 00:00:00 1.764052
# 2015-02-24 00:01:00 0.400157
# 2015-02-24 00:02:00 0.978738
# 2015-02-24 00:03:00 2.240893
# 2015-02-24 00:04:00 1.867558
Offset-aliases for parameter freq in date_range:
Alias Description
B business day frequency
C custom business day frequency (experimental)
D calendar day frequency
W weekly frequency
M month end frequency
BM business month end frequency
CBM custom business month end frequency
MS month start frequency
BMS business month start frequency
CBMS custom business month start frequency
Q quarter end frequency
BQ business quarter endfrequency
QS quarter start frequency
BQS business quarter start frequency
A year end frequency
BA business year end frequency
AS year start frequency
BAS business year start frequency
BH business hour frequency
H hourly frequency
T, min minutely frequency
S secondly frequency
L, ms milliseconds
U, us microseconds
N nanoseconds
