Lambdas on Pandas DF with apply and one conditional

lambda_pandas_one_conditiona.py

# replace col1 year with col2 year on a condition
# if does not meet condition, use the original col1 value
df[col_new] = df.apply(lambda x: x[col1].replace(year=x[col2].year) 
                       if x[col1].year > curr_year else x[col1]
                       , axis=1)

# filter df where year is greater than current year
df = df[(df[col1].dt.year > curr_year)]
print(df[[col1, col_new, col2]].head(2))
# output

"""
event_date event_date_new received_date
2109-12-02     2019-12-02    2019-11-24
2109-12-02     2019-12-02    2019-11-24
"""