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# pandas.PeriodIndex

class pandas.PeriodIndex(data=None, freq=None, dtype=None, copy=None, name=None)

  Immutable ndarray holding ordinal values indicating regular periods in time.

  Index keys are boxed to Period objects which carries the metadata (eg, frequency information).

  Parameters:
    data array-like (1d int np.ndarray or PeriodArray), optional

      Optional period-like data to construct index with.

    freq str or period object, optional

      One of pandas period strings or corresponding objects.

    dtype str or PeriodDtype, default None

      A dtype from which to extract a freq.

    copy bool, default None

      Whether to copy input data, only relevant for array, Series, and Index inputs (for other input, e.g. a list, a new array is created anyway). Defaults to True for array input and False for Index/Series. Set to False to avoid copying array input at your own risk (if you know the input data won’t be modified elsewhere). Set to True to force copying Series/Index input up front.

    name str, default None

      Name of the resulting PeriodIndex.

  Attributes

  `day` | The days of the period.
  `dayofweek` | (DEPRECATED) The day of the week with Monday=0, Sunday=6.
  `day_of_week` | The day of the week with Monday=0, Sunday=6.
  `dayofyear` | (DEPRECATED) The ordinal day of the year.
  `day_of_year` | The ordinal day of the year.
  `days_in_month` | The number of days in the month.
  `daysinmonth` | (DEPRECATED) The number of days in the month.
  `end_time` | Get the Timestamp for the end of the period.
  `freq` | Return the frequency object if it is set, otherwise None.
  `freqstr` | Return the frequency object as a string if it's set, otherwise None.
  `hour` | The hour of the period.
  `is_leap_year` | Logical indicating if the date belongs to a leap year.
  `minute` | The minute of the period.
  `month` | The month as January=1, December=12.
  `quarter` | The quarter of the date.
  `qyear` | Fiscal year the Period lies in according to its starting-quarter.
  `second` | The second of the period.
  `start_time` | Get the Timestamp for the start of the period.
  `week` | The week ordinal of the year.
  `weekday` | (DEPRECATED) The day of the week with Monday=0, Sunday=6.
  `weekofyear` | The week ordinal of the year.
  `year` | The year of the period.

  Methods

  `asfreq`([freq, how]) | Convert the PeriodIndex to the specified frequency freq.
  `strftime`(date_format) | Convert to Index using specified date_format.
  `to_timestamp`([freq, how]) | Cast to DatetimeIndex.
  `from_fields`(*[, year, quarter, month, day, ...]) | Construct a PeriodIndex from fields (year, month, day, etc.).
  `from_ordinals`(ordinals, *, freq[, name]) | Construct a PeriodIndex from ordinals.

  Raises:
    ValueError

      Passing the parameter data as a list without specifying either freq or dtype will raise a ValueError: “freq not specified and cannot be inferred”

  See also

  `Index`

    The base pandas Index type.

  `Period`

    Represents a period of time.

  `DatetimeIndex`

    Index with datetime64 data.

  `TimedeltaIndex`

    Index of timedelta64 data.

  `period_range`

    Create a fixed-frequency PeriodIndex.

  Examples

      >>> idx = pd.PeriodIndex(data=["2000Q1", "2002Q3"], freq="Q")
      >>> idx
      PeriodIndex(['2000Q1', '2002Q3'], dtype='period[Q-DEC]')