| description |
|---|
Converts an array of Date strings to Date object. |
danfo.toDateTime(data)
| Parameters | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| data | Array, Series | data: Array | Series with Date strings to convert to Date time. |
In the following example, we convert a Series of Date strings to DateTime objects, so we can call various Date methods on them.
{% tabs %} {% tab title="Node" %}
const dfd = require('danfojs-node')
let data = new dateRange({ "start": '1/1/2018', period: 12, freq: 'M' })
let sf = new Series(data)
sf.print()
let dt = toDateTime(data)
dt.dayOfMonth().print()
dt.dayOfWeekName().print()
dt.hours().print(){% endtab %}
{% tab title="Browser" %}
{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}
{% tabs %} {% tab title="Output" %}
╔═══╤════════════════════════╗
║ 0 │ 1/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╟───┼────────────────────────╢
║ 1 │ 2/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╟───┼────────────────────────╢
║ 2 │ 3/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╟───┼────────────────────────╢
║ 3 │ 4/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╟───┼────────────────────────╢
║ 4 │ 5/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╟───┼────────────────────────╢
║ 5 │ 6/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╟───┼────────────────────────╢
║ 6 │ 7/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╟───┼────────────────────────╢
║ 7 │ 8/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╟───┼────────────────────────╢
║ 8 │ 9/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╟───┼────────────────────────╢
║ 9 │ 10/1/2018, 12:00:00 AM ║
╚═══╧════════════════════════╝
╔═══╤═══╗
║ 0 │ 1 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 1 │ 1 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 2 │ 1 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 3 │ 1 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 4 │ 1 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 5 │ 1 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 6 │ 1 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 7 │ 1 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 8 │ 1 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 9 │ 1 ║
╚═══╧═══╝
╔═══╤═══════════╗
║ 0 │ Monday ║
╟───┼───────────╢
║ 1 │ Thursday ║
╟───┼───────────╢
║ 2 │ Thursday ║
╟───┼───────────╢
║ 3 │ Sunday ║
╟───┼───────────╢
║ 4 │ Tuesday ║
╟───┼───────────╢
║ 5 │ Friday ║
╟───┼───────────╢
║ 6 │ Sunday ║
╟───┼───────────╢
║ 7 │ Wednesday ║
╟───┼───────────╢
║ 8 │ Saturday ║
╟───┼───────────╢
║ 9 │ Monday ║
╚═══╧═══════════╝
╔═══╤═══╗
║ 0 │ 0 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 1 │ 0 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 2 │ 0 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 3 │ 0 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 4 │ 0 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 5 │ 0 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 6 │ 0 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 7 │ 0 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 8 │ 0 ║
╟───┼───╢
║ 9 │ 0 ║
╚═══╧═══╝
{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}
{% hint style="info" %} Date time properties of Series or datetime-like columns in DataFrame can be accessed via accessors in the dt name-space. See Accessors {% endhint %}