pandas.tseries.offsets.DateOffset

class pandas.tseries.offsets.DateOffset(n=1, normalize=False, **kwds)[source]

Standard kind of date increment used for a date range.

Works exactly like relativedelta in terms of the keyword args you pass in, use of the keyword n is discouraged– you would be better off specifying n in the keywords you use, but regardless it is there for you. n is needed for DateOffset subclasses.

DateOffset work as follows. Each offset specify a set of dates that conform to the DateOffset. For example, Bday defines this set to be the set of dates that are weekdays (M-F). To test if a date is in the set of a DateOffset dateOffset we can use the is_on_offset method: dateOffset.is_on_offset(date).

If a date is not on a valid date, the rollback and rollforward methods can be used to roll the date to the nearest valid date before/after the date.

DateOffsets can be created to move dates forward a given number of valid dates. For example, Bday(2) can be added to a date to move it two business days forward. If the date does not start on a valid date, first it is moved to a valid date. Thus pseudo code is:

def __add__(date):

date = rollback(date) # does nothing if date is valid return date + <n number of periods>

When a date offset is created for a negative number of periods, the date is first rolled forward. The pseudo code is:

def __add__(date):

date = rollforward(date) # does nothing is date is valid return date + <n number of periods>

Zero presents a problem. Should it roll forward or back? We arbitrarily have it rollforward:

date + BDay(0) == BDay.rollforward(date)

Since 0 is a bit weird, we suggest avoiding its use.

Parameters
nint, default 1

The number of time periods the offset represents.

normalizebool, default False

Whether to round the result of a DateOffset addition down to the previous midnight.

**kwds

Temporal parameter that add to or replace the offset value.

Parameters that add to the offset (like Timedelta):

  • years

  • months

  • weeks

  • days

  • hours

  • minutes

  • seconds

  • microseconds

  • nanoseconds

Parameters that replace the offset value:

  • year

  • month

  • day

  • weekday

  • hour

  • minute

  • second

  • microsecond

  • nanosecond.

See also

dateutil.relativedelta.relativedelta

The relativedelta type is designed to be applied to an existing datetime an can replace specific components of that datetime, or represents an interval of time.

Examples

>>> from pandas.tseries.offsets import DateOffset
>>> ts = pd.Timestamp('2017-01-01 09:10:11')
>>> ts + DateOffset(months=3)
Timestamp('2017-04-01 09:10:11')

>>> ts = pd.Timestamp('2017-01-01 09:10:11')
>>> ts + DateOffset(months=2)
Timestamp('2017-03-01 09:10:11')

Attributes

base

Returns a copy of the calling offset object with n=1 and all other attributes equal.

freqstr

kwds

name

nanos

rule_code

Methods

apply_index(self, other)

Vectorized apply of DateOffset to DatetimeIndex, raises NotImplentedError for offsets without a vectorized implementation.

rollback(self, dt)

Roll provided date backward to next offset only if not on offset.

rollforward(self, dt)

Roll provided date forward to next offset only if not on offset.

__call__

apply

copy

isAnchored

is_anchored

is_on_offset

onOffset
Date offsets pandas.tseries.offsets.DateOffset.base