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Working with Date and Time in Python
At the core of time-series data is time. Time-series data is a sequence of observations or data points captured in successive order. In the context of a DataFrame, time-series data has an ordered index type DatetimeIndex as you have seen in earlier chapters.
Being familiar with manipulating date and time in time-series data is an essential component of time series analysis and modeling. In this chapter, you will find recipes for common scenarios when working with date and time in time-series data.
Python has several built-in modules for working with date and time, such as the datetime, time, calendar, and zoneinfo modules. Additionally, there are other popular libraries in Python that further extend the ...
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