creates an empty df with the date range specified, indexed by date and incrementing in seconds. Writes to a csv file.

makeEmptyCSV.py

def main():
  def makeEmptyDFWithDateRange(start_date='14:45:24 2021-02-02', end_date='17:05:24 2021-02-05', set_point=22):
    index = pd.date_range(start_date, end=end_date, freq='S')
    columns = ['Set Point']
    df = pd.DataFrame(index=index, columns=columns)
    df['Set Point'] = df['Set Point'].fillna(set_point)
    df.index.name = 'Time date'
    df.to_csv('emptyDateRange.csv')
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()