Pandas read csv Custom Date Format
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Overview
A CSV column can be parsed as date with:
df = pd.read_csv("./timeseries.csv", parse_dates=["date"])
This assumes a "2023-10-31" format. If the string format is different there are several options:
date_format Parameter
df = pd.read_csv("./timeseries.csv", parse_dates=["date"], date_format='%m/%Y/%d')
More details on format:
The problem with that is that I don't get a series of datetime
s, but a series of object
s. Why?