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# pandas.TimedeltaIndex.unit

property TimedeltaIndex.unit

  The precision unit of the datetime data.

  Returns the precision unit for the dtype of the index. This is the smallest time frame that can be stored within this dtype.

  Returns:
    str

      Unit string representation (e.g. `"ns"`).

  See also

  `DatetimeIndex.as_unit`

    Convert to the given unit.

  `TimedeltaIndex.as_unit`

    Convert to the given unit.

  Examples

  For a DatetimeIndex:

      >>> idx = pd.DatetimeIndex(["2020-01-02 01:02:03.004005006"])
      >>> idx.unit
      'ns'

      >>> idx_s = pd.DatetimeIndex(["2020-01-02 01:02:03"], dtype="datetime64[s]")
      >>> idx_s.unit
      's'

  For a TimedeltaIndex:

      >>> tdidx = pd.TimedeltaIndex(["1 day 3 min 2 us 42 ns"])
      >>> tdidx.unit
      'ns'

      >>> tdidx_s = pd.TimedeltaIndex(["1 day 3 min"], dtype="timedelta64[s]")
      >>> tdidx_s.unit
      's'