python pandas convert index to datetime

Question

How do i convert a pandas index of strings to datetime format

my dataframe \'df\' is like this

                     value          
2015-09-25 00:46          


        

Answer 1

You could explicitly create a DatetimeIndex when initializing the dataframe. Assuming your data is in string format

data = [
    ('2015-09-25 00:46', '71.925000'),
    ('2015-09-25 00:47', '71.625000'),
    ('2015-09-25 00:48', '71.333333'),
    ('2015-09-25 00:49', '64.571429'),
    ('2015-09-25 00:50', '72.285714'),
]

index, values = zip(*data)

frame = pd.DataFrame({
    'values': values
}, index=pd.DatetimeIndex(index))

print(frame.index.minute)