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DEPR: 'epoch' date format in to_json #57987

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deprecate epoch date format in to_json
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Fix tests
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Remove examples using epoch
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Deprecate in v3.0.0
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Warn for using default format
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Fix detection logic
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Keep default and expect warning
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Add deprecation test
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7 changes: 0 additions & 7 deletions doc/source/user_guide/io.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1949,13 +1949,6 @@ Writing in ISO date format, with microseconds:
json = dfd.to_json(date_format="iso", date_unit="us")
json

Epoch timestamps, in seconds:

.. ipython:: python

json = dfd.to_json(date_format="epoch", date_unit="s")
json

Writing to a file, with a date index and a date column:

.. ipython:: python
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/source/whatsnew/v2.2.2.rst
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Expand Up @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Bug fixes

Other
~~~~~
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- Deprecated using ``epoch`` date format in :meth:`DataFrame.to_json` and :meth:`Series.to_json`, use ``iso`` instead.

.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. _whatsnew_222.contributors:
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions pandas/core/generic.py
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Expand Up @@ -2328,6 +2328,11 @@ def to_json(
'iso' = ISO8601. The default depends on the `orient`. For
``orient='table'``, the default is 'iso'. For all other orients,
the default is 'epoch'.

.. deprecated:: 2.2.2
'epoch' date format is deprecated and will be removed in a future
version, please use 'iso' instead.

double_precision : int, default 10
The number of decimal places to use when encoding
floating point values. The possible maximal value is 15.
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date_format = "iso"
elif date_format is None:
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I think need to warn for anything that is not currently iso, including when date_format is None (although the message will be different)

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Can you also add a warning for the date_format=None case that previously defaulted to "epoch"; this should in the future default to "iso"

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Most of the to_json use cases don't involve dates and wouldn't be affected by the date_format value, throwing a warning in these cases might be unnecessary, essentially they will need to pass date_format='iso' for no reason to silence this warning, are you sure we should do this?

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Sorry to be more specific we need to warn when date_format=None and we actually serialize timestamp types. I agree no point in warning if a DataFrame has no timestamp type, but if users are relying on the default epoch behavior they need to be warned of the change

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@WillAyd curious how would users get the old behavior? It would be good to add that in the warning message

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The old behavior as in just an integer? I think the problem with that is it was an implementation detail of pandas spilling out into the JSON serializer. Historically our timestamps were exclusively nanoseconds since the Unix epoch, but with all the work @jbrockmendel has been doing that is no longer true (and _usually not true).

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The old behavior as in just an integer?

Yeah. Just checking if we can still offer a suggestion for a migration path if they want to keep the old behavior

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I don't think so. Especially with our auto-inferencing of resolutions I don't see how it would be usable at all roundtripping through JSON

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OK sounds good

date_format = "epoch"
elif date_format == "epoch":
# GH#57063
warnings.warn(
"'Epoch' date format is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
"version, please use 'iso' date format instead.",
FutureWarning,
stacklevel=find_stack_level(),
)

config.is_nonnegative_int(indent)
indent = indent or 0
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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions pandas/tests/io/json/test_json_table_schema.py
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Expand Up @@ -451,12 +451,17 @@ def test_to_json_categorical_index(self):
assert result == expected

def test_date_format_raises(self, df_table):
msg = (
error_msg = (
"Trying to write with `orient='table'` and `date_format='epoch'`. Table "
"Schema requires dates to be formatted with `date_format='iso'`"
)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
df_table.to_json(orient="table", date_format="epoch")
warning_msg = (
"'Epoch' date format is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
"version, please use 'iso' date format instead."
)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=error_msg):
with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=warning_msg):
df_table.to_json(orient="table", date_format="epoch")

# others work
df_table.to_json(orient="table", date_format="iso")
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38 changes: 34 additions & 4 deletions pandas/tests/io/json/test_pandas.py
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Expand Up @@ -835,15 +835,23 @@ def test_date_index_and_values(self, date_format, as_object, date_typ):
data.append("a")

ser = Series(data, index=data)
result = ser.to_json(date_format=date_format)

expected_warning = None
if date_format == "epoch":
expected = '{"1577836800000":1577836800000,"null":null}'
expected_warning = FutureWarning
else:
expected = (
'{"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000","null":null}'
)

msg = (
"'Epoch' date format is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
"version, please use 'iso' date format instead."
)
with tm.assert_produces_warning(expected_warning, match=msg):
result = ser.to_json(date_format=date_format)

if as_object:
expected = expected.replace("}", ',"a":"a"}')

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df.iloc[2, dl] = Timestamp("21460101 20:43:42")
df.iloc[4, dl] = pd.NaT

json = df.to_json(date_format="epoch", date_unit=unit)
msg = (
"'Epoch' date format is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
"version, please use 'iso' date format instead."
)
with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
json = df.to_json(date_format="epoch", date_unit=unit)

# force date unit
result = read_json(StringIO(json), date_unit=unit)
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data.append("a")

ser = Series(data, index=data)
expected_warning = None
if date_format == "iso":
expected = (
'{"P1DT0H0M0S":"P1DT0H0M0S","P2DT0H0M0S":"P2DT0H0M0S","null":null}'
)
else:
expected_warning = FutureWarning
expected = '{"86400000":86400000,"172800000":172800000,"null":null}'

if as_object:
expected = expected.replace("}", ',"a":"a"}')

result = ser.to_json(date_format=date_format)
msg = (
"'Epoch' date format is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
"version, please use 'iso' date format instead."
)
with tm.assert_produces_warning(expected_warning, match=msg):
result = ser.to_json(date_format=date_format)
assert result == expected

@pytest.mark.parametrize("as_object", [True, False])
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def test_timedelta_as_label(self, date_format, key):
df = DataFrame([[1]], columns=[pd.Timedelta("1D")])
expected = f'{{"{key}":{{"0":1}}}}'
result = df.to_json(date_format=date_format)

expected_warning = None
if date_format == "epoch":
expected_warning = FutureWarning

msg = (
"'Epoch' date format is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
"version, please use 'iso' date format instead."
)
with tm.assert_produces_warning(expected_warning, match=msg):
result = df.to_json(date_format=date_format)

assert result == expected

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