pandas.DatetimeTZDtype

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

An ExtensionDtype for timezone-aware datetime data.

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

Parameters:
unitstr, default “ns”

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

tzstr, 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