BUG/API: Fix operating with timedelta64/pd.offsets on rhs of a datelike series/index

doc/source/release.rst

@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ pandas 0.13
   - Add ``rename`` and ``set_names`` methods to ``Index`` as well as
     ``set_names``, ``set_levels``, ``set_labels`` to ``MultiIndex``.
     (:issue:`4039`)
+  - A Series of dtype ``timedelta64[ns]`` can now be divided/multiplied
+    by an integer series (:issue`4521`)
+  - A Series of dtype ``timedelta64[ns]`` can now be divided by another
+    ``timedelta64[ns]`` object to yield a ``float64`` dtyped Series. This
+    is frequency conversion.
 
 **API Changes**
 
@@ -166,6 +171,10 @@ pandas 0.13
   - Fixed issue where individual ``names``, ``levels`` and ``labels`` could be
     set on ``MultiIndex`` without validation (:issue:`3714`, :issue:`4039`)
   - Fixed (:issue:`3334`) in pivot_table. Margins did not compute if values is the index.
+  - Fix bug in having a rhs of ``np.timedelta64`` or ``np.offsets.DateOffset`` when operating
+    with datetimes (:issue:`4532`)
+  - Fix arithmetic with series/datetimeindex and ``np.timedelta64`` not working the same (:issue:`4134`)
+    and buggy timedelta in numpy 1.6 (:issue:`4135`)
 
 pandas 0.12
 ===========

doc/source/timeseries.rst

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Take care, ``to_datetime`` may not act as you expect on mixed data:
 
 .. ipython:: python
 
-   pd.to_datetime([1, '1'])
+   to_datetime([1, '1'])
 
 .. _timeseries.daterange:
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ the year or year and month as strings:
 
    ts['2011-6']
 
-This type of slicing will work on a DataFrame with a ``DateTimeIndex`` as well. Since the 
+This type of slicing will work on a DataFrame with a ``DateTimeIndex`` as well. Since the
 partial string selection is a form of label slicing, the endpoints **will be** included. This
 would include matching times on an included date. Here's an example:
 
@@ -1112,7 +1112,8 @@ Time Deltas
 -----------
 
 Timedeltas are differences in times, expressed in difference units, e.g. days,hours,minutes,seconds.
-They can be both positive and negative.
+They can be both positive and negative. :ref:`DateOffsets<timeseries.offsets>` that are absolute in nature
+(``Day, Hour, Minute, Second, Milli, Micro, Nano``) can be used as ``timedeltas``.
 
 .. ipython:: python
 
@@ -1128,41 +1129,16 @@ They can be both positive and negative.
    s - s.max()
    s - datetime(2011,1,1,3,5)
    s + timedelta(minutes=5)
+   s + Minute(5)
+   s + Minute(5) + Milli(5)
 
 Getting scalar results from a ``timedelta64[ns]`` series
 
-.. ipython:: python
-   :suppress:
-
-   from distutils.version import LooseVersion
-
 .. ipython:: python
 
    y = s - s[0]
    y
 
-.. code-block:: python
-
-   if LooseVersion(np.__version__) <= '1.6.2':
-       y.apply(lambda x: x.item().total_seconds())
-       y.apply(lambda x: x.item().days)
-   else:
-       y.apply(lambda x: x / np.timedelta64(1, 's'))
-       y.apply(lambda x: x / np.timedelta64(1, 'D'))
-
-.. note::
-
-   As you can see from the conditional statement above, these operations are
-   different in numpy 1.6.2 and in numpy >= 1.7. The ``timedelta64[ns]`` scalar
-   type in 1.6.2 is much like a ``datetime.timedelta``, while in 1.7 it is a
-   nanosecond based integer.  A future version of pandas will make this
-   transparent.
-
-.. note::
-
-   In numpy >= 1.7 dividing a ``timedelta64`` array by another ``timedelta64``
-   array will yield an array with dtype ``np.float64``.
-
 Series of timedeltas with ``NaT`` values are supported
 
 .. ipython:: python
@@ -1218,3 +1194,55 @@ issues). ``idxmin, idxmax`` are supported as well.
 
    df.min().idxmax()
    df.min(axis=1).idxmin()
+
+.. _timeseries.timedeltas_convert:
+
+Time Deltas & Conversions
+-------------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 0.13
+
+Timedeltas can be converted to other 'frequencies' by dividing by another timedelta.
+These operations yield ``float64`` dtyped Series.
+
+.. ipython:: python
+
+   td = Series(date_range('20130101',periods=4))-Series(date_range('20121201',periods=4))
+   td[2] += np.timedelta64(timedelta(minutes=5,seconds=3))
+   td[3] = np.nan
+   td
+
+   # to days
+   td / np.timedelta64(1,'D')
+
+   # to seconds
+   td / np.timedelta64(1,'s')
+
+Dividing or multiplying a ``timedelta64[ns]`` Series by an integer or integer Series
+yields another ``timedelta64[ns]`` dtypes Series.
+
+.. ipython:: python
+
+   td * -1
+   td * Series([1,2,3,4])
+
+Numpy < 1.7 Compatibility
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Numpy < 1.7 has a broken ``timedelta64`` type that does not correctly work
+for arithmetic. Pandas bypasses this, but for frequency conversion as above,
+you need to create the divisor yourself. The ``np.timetimedelta64`` type only
+has 1 argument, the number of **micro** seconds.
+
+The following are equivalent statements in the two versions of numpy.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+   if LooseVersion(np.__version__) <= '1.6.2':
+       y / np.timedelta(86400*int(1e6))
+       y / np.timedelta(int(1e6))
+   else:
+       y / np.timedelta64(1,'D')
+       y / np.timedelta64(1,'s')
+

doc/source/v0.13.0.txt

@@ -100,6 +100,40 @@ Enhancements
   - Added a more informative error message when plot arguments contain
     overlapping color and style arguments (:issue:`4402`)
 
+  - ``timedelta64[ns]`` operations
+
+    - A Series of dtype ``timedelta64[ns]`` can now be divided by another
+      ``timedelta64[ns]`` object to yield a ``float64`` dtyped Series. This
+      is frequency conversion. See :ref:`here<timeseries.timedeltas_convert>` for the docs.
+
+      .. ipython:: python
+
+         from datetime import timedelta
+         td = Series(date_range('20130101',periods=4))-Series(date_range('20121201',periods=4))
+         td[2] += np.timedelta64(timedelta(minutes=5,seconds=3))
+         td[3] = np.nan
+         td
+
+         # to days
+         td / np.timedelta64(1,'D')
+
+         # to seconds
+         td / np.timedelta64(1,'s')
+
+    - Dividing or multiplying a ``timedelta64[ns]`` Series by an integer or integer Series
+
+      .. ipython:: python
+
+         td * -1
+         td * Series([1,2,3,4])
+
+    - Absolute ``DateOffset`` objects can act equivalenty to ``timedeltas``
+
+      .. ipython:: python
+
+         from pandas import offsets
+         td + offsets.Minute(5) + offsets.Milli(5)
+
 Bug Fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 

pandas/core/common.py

@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
 import pandas.algos as algos
 import pandas.lib as lib
 import pandas.tslib as tslib
-
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from pandas import compat
 from pandas.compat import StringIO, BytesIO, range, long, u, zip, map
+from datetime import timedelta
+
 from pandas.core.config import get_option
 from pandas.core import array as pa
 
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ class PandasError(Exception):
 class AmbiguousIndexError(PandasError, KeyError):
     pass
 
+# versioning
+_np_version = np.version.short_version
+_np_version_under1p6 = LooseVersion(_np_version) < '1.6'
+_np_version_under1p7 = LooseVersion(_np_version) < '1.7'
 
 _POSSIBLY_CAST_DTYPES = set([ np.dtype(t) for t in ['M8[ns]','m8[ns]','O','int8','uint8','int16','uint16','int32','uint32','int64','uint64'] ])
 _NS_DTYPE = np.dtype('M8[ns]')
@@ -1144,7 +1150,45 @@ def _possibly_convert_platform(values):
 def _possibly_cast_to_timedelta(value, coerce=True):
     """ try to cast to timedelta64, if already a timedeltalike, then make
         sure that we are [ns] (as numpy 1.6.2 is very buggy in this regards,
-        don't force the conversion unless coerce is True """
+        don't force the conversion unless coerce is True
+
+        if coerce='compat' force a compatibilty coercerion (to timedeltas) if needeed
+        """
+
+    # coercion compatability
+    if coerce == 'compat' and _np_version_under1p7:
+
+        def convert(td, type):
+
+            # we have an array with a non-object dtype
+            if hasattr(td,'item'):
+                td = td.astype(np.int64).item()
+                if td == tslib.iNaT:
+                    return td
+                if dtype == 'm8[us]':
+                    td *= 1000
+                return td
+
+            if td == tslib.compat_NaT:
+                return tslib.iNaT
+
+            # convert td value to a nanosecond value
+            d = td.days
+            s = td.seconds
+            us = td.microseconds
+
+            if dtype == 'object' or dtype == 'm8[ns]':
+                td = 1000*us + (s + d * 24 * 3600) * 10 ** 9
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("invalid conversion of dtype in np < 1.7 [%s]" % dtype)
+
+            return td
+
+        # < 1.7 coercion
+        if not is_list_like(value):
+            value = np.array([ value ])
+        dtype = value.dtype
+        return np.array([ convert(v,dtype) for v in value ], dtype='m8[ns]')
 
     # deal with numpy not being able to handle certain timedelta operations
     if isinstance(value,np.ndarray) and value.dtype.kind == 'm':
@@ -1154,6 +1198,7 @@ def _possibly_cast_to_timedelta(value, coerce=True):
 
     # we don't have a timedelta, but we want to try to convert to one (but don't force it)
     if coerce:
+
         new_value = tslib.array_to_timedelta64(value.astype(object), coerce=False)
         if new_value.dtype == 'i8':
             value = np.array(new_value,dtype='timedelta64[ns]')