pandas.DataFrame.to_records

DataFrame.to_records(index=True, convert_datetime64=True)

Convert DataFrame to record array. Index will be put in the ‘index’ field of the record array if requested

index : boolean, default True

Include index in resulting record array, stored in ‘index’ field

convert_datetime64 : boolean, default True

Whether to convert the index to datetime.datetime if it is a DatetimeIndex

y : recarray