Expr.str.to_date

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def to_date(fmt: str | None = None, strict: bool = True) -> Expr

Categories: type_casting

Convert the string to a date.

Parameters

parameter

fmt

The date format string (default %Y-%m-%d). See formats <https://docs.rs/chrono/0.4.19/chrono/format/strftime/index.html>_.

parameter

strict

Whether to parse the date strictly.

Examples

>>> import tabsdata as td
>>>
>>> tf: td.TableFrame ...
>>>
>>> tf.select(td.col("a"), td.col("a").str.to_date().alias("to_date"))
>>>
┌────────────┬────────────┐
│ a          ┆ to_date    │
│ ---        ┆ ---        │
│ str        ┆ date       │
╞════════════╪════════════╡
│ 2024-12-13 ┆ 2024-12-13 │
│ 2024-12-15 ┆ 2024-12-15 │
│ null       ┆ null       │
└────────────┴────────────┘