pandas.DatetimeTZDtype

class pandas.DatetimeTZDtype(unit='ns', tz=None)

An ExtensionDtype for timezone-aware datetime data.

This is not an actual numpy dtype, but a duck type.

Parameters:

unit : str, default “ns”

The precision of the datetime data. Currently limited to "ns".

tz : str, int, or datetime.tzinfo

The timezone.

Raises:

pytz.UnknownTimeZoneError

When the requested timezone cannot be found.

Examples

>>> pd.DatetimeTZDtype(tz='UTC')
datetime64[ns, UTC]

>>> pd.DatetimeTZDtype(tz='dateutil/US/Central')
datetime64[ns, tzfile('/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central')]

Attributes

unit	The precision of the datetime data.
tz	The timezone.

Methods

None