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Changed description of parse_dates in read_excel(). (pandas-dev#29796)
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pandas/io/excel/_base.py

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If a column or index contains an unparseable date, the entire column or
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index will be returned unaltered as an object data type. For non-standard
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datetime parsing, use ``pd.to_datetime`` after ``pd.read_excel``.
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index will be returned unaltered as an object data type. If you don`t want to
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parse some cells as date just change their type in Excel to "Text".
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For non-standard datetime parsing, use ``pd.to_datetime`` after ``pd.read_excel``.
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Note: A fast-path exists for iso8601-formatted dates.
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date_parser : function, optional

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