Convert String to Numpy Datetime64 Dtype

Name: Convert String to Numpy Datetime64 Dtype
Uploaded: 2026-09-27T06:05:26+00:00
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Description: I Program Gets a String of Current Time Every Minute as Date = '201711081750' I Want to Store These Strings as Np. Datetime64 into an Array. I Think I Could...

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I program gets a string of current time every minute as date = '201711081750'

I want to store these strings as np.datetime64 into an array.

I think I could convert this kind of strings as

>>> date = '201711081750'

>>> np.datetime64( date[:4] +'-'+date[4:6]+'-'+date[6:8]+' ' +date[8:10]+':'+date[10:]  , 'm' )
numpy.datetime64('2017-11-08T17:50')

But it looks complicated and I think it might engender errors later.

Are there simpler ways to do this?

Accepted Answer

`pd.to_datetime`

import pandas as pd

pd.to_datetime(date, format='%Y%m%d%H%M')
Timestamp('2017-11-08 17:50:00')

The important bit here is the format string '%Y%m%d%H%M'.

`datetime.datetime` _{equivalent in python.}

from datetime import datetime as dt

dt.strptime(date, '%Y%m%d%H%M')
datetime.datetime(2017, 11, 8, 17, 50)

Convert String to Numpy Datetime64 Dtype

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`pd.to_datetime`

`datetime.datetime` _{equivalent in python.}

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Convert String to Numpy Datetime64 Dtype

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pd.to_datetime

datetime.datetime equivalent in python.

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`pd.to_datetime`

`datetime.datetime` _{equivalent in python.}