pandas.Period.to_timestamp

Period.to_timestamp(freq=None, how='start')

Return the Timestamp representation of the Period.

Uses the target frequency specified at the part of the period specified by how, which is either the start or the end.

If possible, gives microsecond-unit Timestamp. Otherwise gives nanosecond unit.

Parameters:

freqstr or DateOffset

Target frequency. Default is ‘D’ if self._freq is week or longer and ‘S’ otherwise.

how{‘start’, ‘end’, ‘s’, ‘e’}, default ‘start’

Whether to use the start or end of the period. Case-insensitive.

Returns:

Timestamp

See also

Timestamp

A class representing a single point in time.

Period

Represents a span of time with a fixed frequency.

PeriodIndex.to_timestamp

Convert a PeriodIndex to a DatetimeIndex.

Examples

>>> period = pd.Period('2023-1-1', freq='D')
>>> timestamp = period.to_timestamp()
>>> timestamp
Timestamp('2023-01-01 00:00:00')