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polars as-datetime for dataframe

Converts string to datetime.

This command requires a plugin

The polars as-datetime command resides in the polars plugin. To use this command, you must install and register nu_plugin_polars. See the Plugins chapter in the book for more information.

Signature

> polars as-datetime {flags} (format)

Flags

  • --not-exact, -n: the format string may be contained in the date (e.g. foo-2021-01-01-bar could match 2021-01-01)

Parameters

  • format: formatting date time string

Input/output types:

inputoutput
anyany

Examples

Converts string to datetime

> ["2021-12-30 00:00:00" "2021-12-31 00:00:00"] | polars into-df | polars as-datetime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
╭───┬─────────────╮
│ # │  datetime   │
├───┼─────────────┤
│ 0 │ 2 years ago │
│ 1 │ 2 years ago │
╰───┴─────────────╯

Converts string to datetime with high resolutions

> ["2021-12-30 00:00:00.123456789" "2021-12-31 00:00:00.123456789"] | polars into-df | polars as-datetime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%9f"
╭───┬─────────────╮
│ # │  datetime   │
├───┼─────────────┤
│ 0 │ 2 years ago │
│ 1 │ 2 years ago │
╰───┴─────────────╯

Converts string to datetime using the --not-exact flag even with excessive symbols

> ["2021-12-30 00:00:00 GMT+4"] | polars into-df | polars as-datetime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" --not-exact
╭───┬─────────────╮
│ # │  datetime   │
├───┼─────────────┤
│ 0 │ 2 years ago │
╰───┴─────────────╯

Notes

Format example: "%y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S" => 21/12/31 12:54:98 "%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" => 2021-12-31 24:58:01 "%y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S" => 21/12/31 24:58:01 "%y%m%d %H:%M:%S" => 210319 23:58:50 "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S" => 2021/12/31 12:54:98 "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" => 2021-12-31 24:58:01 "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S" => 2021/12/31 24:58:01 "%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S" => 20210319 23:58:50 "%FT%H:%M:%S" => 2019-04-18T02:45:55 "%FT%H:%M:%S.%6f" => microseconds "%FT%H:%M:%S.%9f" => nanoseconds

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Contributors: Reilly Wood, JT, Justin Ma, Reilly Wood, Leon, Hofer-Julian, Texas Toland, sholderbach