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18 changes: 18 additions & 0 deletions pandas/core/generic.py
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dtype: int64

Create a series of dates:

>>> ser_date = pd.Series(pd.date_range('20200101', periods=3))
>>> ser_date
0 2020-01-01
1 2020-01-02
2 2020-01-03
dtype: datetime64[ns]

Datetimes are localized to UTC first before
converting to the specified timezone:

>>> ser_date.astype('datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]')
0 2019-12-31 19:00:00-05:00
1 2020-01-01 19:00:00-05:00
2 2020-01-02 19:00:00-05:00
dtype: datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]
"""
if is_dict_like(dtype):
if self.ndim == 1: # i.e. Series
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