To format and return the string representation of the Period object, use the period.strftime() method. With that, set the format specifiers as an argument like strftime('%d-%b-%Y').
At first, import the required libraries −
import pandas as pd
The pandas.Period represents a period of time. Creating a Period object
period = pd.Period(freq="S", year = 2021, month = 9, day = 18, hour = 8, minute = 20, second = 45)
Display the Period object
print("Period...\n", period)
Display the formatted string representation
print("\nString representation (format)...\n", period.strftime('%d-%b-%Y'))
Example
Following is the code
import pandas as pd # The pandas.Period represents a period of time # Creating a Period object period = pd.Period(freq="S", year = 2021, month = 9, day = 18, hour = 8, minute = 20, second = 45) # display the Period object print("Period...\n", period) # display the result print("\nString representation (format)...\n", period.strftime('%d-%b-%Y')) # display the result print("\nString representation (format with different directives)...\n", period.strftime('%b. %d, %Y was a %A'))
Output
This will produce the following code
Period... 2021-09-18 08:20:45 String representation (format)... 18-Sep-2021 String representation (format with different directives)... Sep. 18, 2021 was a Saturday