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pandas_datetime.py
data = [
["2001-10-1", 2, 3, 4],
["2001-11-1", 2, 3, 4],
["2001-05-1", 2, 3, 4],
["2001-05-1", 2, 3, 4],
["2001-03-1", 2, 3, 4]
]
df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=["date", "a", "b", "c"])
df["my_date"] = pd.to_datetime(df["date"])
df.dtypes
# Mapping specific date series to new features
# df["my_month"] = df["my_date"].map(lambda date: date.month)
# You can also do this for .year, .week, .day for date objects in series
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