pandas.PeriodDtype

class pandas.PeriodDtype(freq=None)[source]

An ExtensionDtype for Period data.

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

Parameters
freqstr or DateOffset

The frequency of this PeriodDtype.

Examples

>>> pd.PeriodDtype(freq='D')
period[D]

>>> pd.PeriodDtype(freq=pd.offsets.MonthEnd())
period[M]

Attributes

freq

The frequency object of this PeriodDtype.

Methods

None
pandas.arrays.PeriodArray pandas.PeriodDtype.freq