Python | Pandas Period.to_timestamp

Python is a great language for doing data analysis, primarily because of the fantastic ecosystem of data-centric python packages. Pandas is one of those packages and makes importing and analyzing data much easier. Pandas Period.to_timestamp() function return the Timestamp representation of the Period at the target frequency at the specified end (how) of the Period.

Syntax : Period.to_timestamp() Parameters : freq : Target frequency. Default is ‘D’ if self.freq is week or longer and ‘S’ otherwise how : ‘S’, ‘E’. Can be aliased as case insensitive ‘Start’, ‘Finish’, ‘Begin’, ‘End’ Return : Timestamp

Example #1: Use Period.to_timestamp() function to return the given period object as a Timestamp object in the specified frequency. Python3

# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd

# Create the Period object
prd = pd.Period(freq ='S', year = 2000, month = 2, day = 22,
                         hour = 8, minute = 21, second = 24)

# Print the Period object
print(prd)

Output : Now we will use the Period.to_timestamp() function to return the given period object as a timestamp object. Python3

# return as a timestamp in the specified frequency.
# 'M' represents monthly frequency
prd.to_timestamp(freq ='M')

Output : As we can see in the output, the Period.to_timestamp() function has returned the given period object as a timestamp in the specified frequency.   Example #2: Use Period.to_timestamp() function to return the given period object as a Timestamp object in the specified frequency. Python3

# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd

# Create the Period object
prd = pd.Period(freq ='S', year = 2006, month = 10,
               hour = 15, minute = 49, second = 17)

# Print the object
print(prd)

Output : Now we will use the Period.to_timestamp() function to return the given period object as a timestamp object. Python3

# return as a timestamp in the specified frequency.
# 'T' represents minutely frequency
prd.to_timestamp(freq ='T')

Output : As we can see in the output, the Period.to_timestamp() function has returned the given period object as a timestamp in the specified frequency.