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# pandas.PeriodIndex.start_time

property PeriodIndex.start_time

  Get the Timestamp for the start of the period.

  This property returns the exact start time of the period as a Timestamp. For example, a monthly period starting in January 2020 would return a Timestamp of ‘2020-01-01 00:00:00’.

  Returns:
    Timestamp

  See also

  `Period.end_time`

    Return the end Timestamp.

  `Period.dayofyear`

    Return the day of year.

  `Period.daysinmonth`

    Return the days in that month.

  `Period.dayofweek`

    Return the day of the week.

  Examples

      >>> period = pd.Period('2012-1-1', freq='D')
      >>> period
      Period('2012-01-01', 'D')

      >>> period.start_time
      Timestamp('2012-01-01 00:00:00')

      >>> period.end_time
      Timestamp('2012-01-01 23:59:59.999999')