pandas.PeriodDtype#

class pandas.PeriodDtype(freq)[source]#

An ExtensionDtype for Period data.

This is not an actual numpy dtype, but a duck type.

Parameters:

Attributes

The frequency object of this PeriodDtype.

Methods

None

See also

Period: Represents a single time period.
PeriodIndex: Immutable index for period data.
date_range: Return a fixed frequency DatetimeIndex.
Series: One-dimensional array with axis labels.
DataFrame: Two-dimensional, size-mutable, potentially heterogeneous tabular data.

Examples

>>> pd.PeriodDtype(freq="D")
period[D]

>>> pd.PeriodDtype(freq=pd.offsets.MonthEnd())
period[M]