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43 changes: 43 additions & 0 deletions pandas/core/indexes/accessors.py
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Expand Up @@ -126,6 +126,49 @@ class DatetimeProperties(Properties):
"""

def to_pydatetime(self):
"""
Return the data as an array of native Python datetime objects
Timezone information is retained if present.
.. warning::
Python's datetime uses microsecond resolution, which is lower than
pandas (nanosecond). The values are truncated.
Returns
-------
numpy.ndarray
object dtype array containing native Python datetime objects.
See Also
--------
datetime.datetime : Standard library value for a datetime.
Examples
--------
>>> s = pd.Series(pd.date_range('20180310', periods=2))
>>> s
0 2018-03-10
1 2018-03-11
dtype: datetime64[ns]
>>> s.dt.to_pydatetime()
array([datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 10, 0, 0),
datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 11, 0, 0)], dtype=object)
pandas' nanosecond precision is truncated to microseconds.
>>> s = pd.Series(pd.date_range('20180310', periods=2, freq='ns'))
>>> s
0 2018-03-10 00:00:00.000000000
1 2018-03-10 00:00:00.000000001
dtype: datetime64[ns]
>>> s.dt.to_pydatetime()
array([datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 10, 0, 0),
datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 10, 0, 0)], dtype=object)
"""
return self._get_values().to_pydatetime()

@property
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