ENH: TimedeltaArray add/sub with NaT preserve reso

pandas/core/arrays/datetimelike.py

@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ def _cmp_method(self, other, op):
     __rdivmod__ = make_invalid_op("__rdivmod__")
 
     @final
-    def _add_datetimelike_scalar(self, other):
+    def _add_datetimelike_scalar(self, other) -> DatetimeArray:
         if not is_timedelta64_dtype(self.dtype):
             raise TypeError(
                 f"cannot add {type(self).__name__} and {type(other).__name__}"
@@ -1102,16 +1102,12 @@ def _add_datetimelike_scalar(self, other):
         if other is NaT:
             # In this case we specifically interpret NaT as a datetime, not
             # the timedelta interpretation we would get by returning self + NaT
-            result = self.asi8.view("m8[ms]") + NaT.to_datetime64()
-            return DatetimeArray(result)
+            result = self._ndarray + NaT.to_datetime64().astype(f"M8[{self._unit}]")
+            # Preserve our resolution
+            return DatetimeArray._simple_new(result, dtype=result.dtype)
 
         i8 = self.asi8
-        # Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "ndarray[Any,
-        # dtype[signedinteger[_64Bit]]]", variable has type
-        # "ndarray[Any, dtype[datetime64]]")
-        result = checked_add_with_arr(  # type: ignore[assignment]
-            i8, other.value, arr_mask=self._isnan
-        )
+        result = checked_add_with_arr(i8, other.value, arr_mask=self._isnan)
         dtype = DatetimeTZDtype(tz=other.tz) if other.tz else DT64NS_DTYPE
         return DatetimeArray(result, dtype=dtype, freq=self.freq)
 
@@ -1275,12 +1271,14 @@ def _add_nat(self):
             raise TypeError(
                 f"Cannot add {type(self).__name__} and {type(NaT).__name__}"
             )
+        self = cast("TimedeltaArray | DatetimeArray", self)
 
         # GH#19124 pd.NaT is treated like a timedelta for both timedelta
         # and datetime dtypes
         result = np.empty(self.shape, dtype=np.int64)
         result.fill(iNaT)
-        return type(self)(result, dtype=self.dtype, freq=None)
+        result = result.view(self._ndarray.dtype)  # preserve reso
+        return type(self)._simple_new(result, dtype=self.dtype, freq=None)
 
     @final
     def _sub_nat(self):
@@ -1905,6 +1903,13 @@ class TimelikeOps(DatetimeLikeArrayMixin):
     def _reso(self) -> int:
         return get_unit_from_dtype(self._ndarray.dtype)
 
+    @cache_readonly
+    def _unit(self) -> str:
+        # e.g. "ns", "us", "ms"
+        # error: Argument 1 to "dtype_to_unit" has incompatible type
+        # "ExtensionDtype"; expected "Union[DatetimeTZDtype, dtype[Any]]"
+        return dtype_to_unit(self.dtype)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
     def __array_ufunc__(self, ufunc: np.ufunc, method: str, *inputs, **kwargs):
         if (
             ufunc in [np.isnan, np.isinf, np.isfinite]
@@ -2105,3 +2110,21 @@ def maybe_infer_freq(freq):
             freq_infer = True
             freq = None
     return freq, freq_infer
+
+
+def dtype_to_unit(dtype: DatetimeTZDtype | np.dtype) -> str:
+    """
+    Return the unit str corresponding to the dtype's resolution.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    dtype : DatetimeTZDtype or np.dtype
+        If np.dtype, we assume it is a datetime64 dtype.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+    """
+    if isinstance(dtype, DatetimeTZDtype):
+        return dtype.unit
+    return str(dtype).split("[")[-1][:-1]

pandas/tests/arrays/test_timedeltas.py

@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas import Timedelta
 import pandas._testing as tm
-from pandas.core.arrays import TimedeltaArray
+from pandas.core.arrays import (
+    DatetimeArray,
+    TimedeltaArray,
+)
 
 
 class TestNonNano:
@@ -25,6 +28,11 @@ def reso(self, unit):
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError(unit)
 
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def tda(self, unit):
+        arr = np.arange(5, dtype=np.int64).view(f"m8[{unit}]")
+        return TimedeltaArray._simple_new(arr, dtype=arr.dtype)
+
     def test_non_nano(self, unit, reso):
         arr = np.arange(5, dtype=np.int64).view(f"m8[{unit}]")
         tda = TimedeltaArray._simple_new(arr, dtype=arr.dtype)
@@ -33,39 +41,55 @@ def test_non_nano(self, unit, reso):
         assert tda[0]._reso == reso
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("field", TimedeltaArray._field_ops)
-    def test_fields(self, unit, field):
-        arr = np.arange(5, dtype=np.int64).view(f"m8[{unit}]")
-        tda = TimedeltaArray._simple_new(arr, dtype=arr.dtype)
-
-        as_nano = arr.astype("m8[ns]")
+    def test_fields(self, tda, field):
+        as_nano = tda._ndarray.astype("m8[ns]")
         tda_nano = TimedeltaArray._simple_new(as_nano, dtype=as_nano.dtype)
 
         result = getattr(tda, field)
         expected = getattr(tda_nano, field)
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
 
-    def test_to_pytimedelta(self, unit):
-        arr = np.arange(5, dtype=np.int64).view(f"m8[{unit}]")
-        tda = TimedeltaArray._simple_new(arr, dtype=arr.dtype)
-
-        as_nano = arr.astype("m8[ns]")
+    def test_to_pytimedelta(self, tda):
+        as_nano = tda._ndarray.astype("m8[ns]")
         tda_nano = TimedeltaArray._simple_new(as_nano, dtype=as_nano.dtype)
 
         result = tda.to_pytimedelta()
         expected = tda_nano.to_pytimedelta()
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
 
-    def test_total_seconds(self, unit):
-        arr = np.arange(5, dtype=np.int64).view(f"m8[{unit}]")
-        tda = TimedeltaArray._simple_new(arr, dtype=arr.dtype)
-
-        as_nano = arr.astype("m8[ns]")
+    def test_total_seconds(self, unit, tda):
+        as_nano = tda._ndarray.astype("m8[ns]")
         tda_nano = TimedeltaArray._simple_new(as_nano, dtype=as_nano.dtype)
 
         result = tda.total_seconds()
         expected = tda_nano.total_seconds()
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "nat", [np.datetime64("NaT", "ns"), np.datetime64("NaT", "us")]
+    )
+    def test_add_nat_datetimelike_scalar(self, nat, tda):
+        result = tda + nat
+        assert isinstance(result, DatetimeArray)
+        assert result._reso == tda._reso
+        assert result.isna().all()
+
+        result = nat + tda
+        assert isinstance(result, DatetimeArray)
+        assert result._reso == tda._reso
+        assert result.isna().all()
+
+    def test_add_pdnat(self, tda):
+        result = tda + pd.NaT
+        assert isinstance(result, TimedeltaArray)
+        assert result._reso == tda._reso
+        assert result.isna().all()
+
+        result = pd.NaT + tda
+        assert isinstance(result, TimedeltaArray)
+        assert result._reso == tda._reso
+        assert result.isna().all()
+
 
 class TestTimedeltaArray:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [int, np.int32, np.int64, "uint32", "uint64"])