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 onOffset method: dateOffset.onOffset(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

n : int, default 1

The number of time periods the offset represents.

normalize : bool, 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

Examples

>>> 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(month=3)
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.

kwds

name

nanos

rule_code

Methods

__call__

apply(other)

apply_index

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

copy

isAnchored()

onOffset(dt)

rollback(dt)

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

rollforward(dt)

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

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