pandas.PeriodIndex.asfreq

PeriodIndex.asfreq(freq=None, how='E')[source]

Convert the PeriodArray to the specified frequency freq.

Equivalent to applying pandas.Period.asfreq() with the given arguments to each Period in this PeriodArray.

Parameters:
freqstr

A frequency.

howstr {‘E’, ‘S’}, default ‘E’

Whether the elements should be aligned to the end or start within pa period.

  • ‘E’, ‘END’, or ‘FINISH’ for end,

  • ‘S’, ‘START’, or ‘BEGIN’ for start.

January 31st (‘END’) vs. January 1st (‘START’) for example.

Returns:
PeriodArray

The transformed PeriodArray with the new frequency.

See also

pandas.arrays.PeriodArray.asfreq

Convert each Period in a PeriodArray to the given frequency.

Period.asfreq

Convert a Period object to the given frequency.

Examples

>>> pidx = pd.period_range('2010-01-01', '2015-01-01', freq='A')
>>> pidx
PeriodIndex(['2010', '2011', '2012', '2013', '2014', '2015'],
dtype='period[A-DEC]')
>>> pidx.asfreq('M')
PeriodIndex(['2010-12', '2011-12', '2012-12', '2013-12', '2014-12',
'2015-12'], dtype='period[M]')
>>> pidx.asfreq('M', how='S')
PeriodIndex(['2010-01', '2011-01', '2012-01', '2013-01', '2014-01',
'2015-01'], dtype='period[M]')