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Working with datetime columns in pandas

Convert early with `to_datetime`, then use the `.dt` accessor for filtering, grouping, and feature extraction.

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Working with datetime columns in pandas

Convert early with `to_datetime`, then use the `.dt` accessor for filtering, grouping, and feature extraction.

  • Normalize text to datetime first
  • dt exposes year month weekday and more
  • Time zones matter

Working with datetime columns in pandas