How to define format when using pandas to_datetime?

Question

I want to plot RESULT vs TIME based on a testresult.csv file that has following format, and I have trouble to get the TIME column\'s datatype defined properly.<

Answer 1

you can try this:

In [69]: df = pd.read_csv(fn, parse_dates=[0],
                          date_parser=lambda x: pd.to_datetime(x, format='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p'))

In [70]: df
Out[70]:
                 TIME  RESULT
0 2016-03-24 00:27:11       2
1 2016-03-24 00:28:41      76
2 2016-03-24 00:37:23      19
3 2016-03-24 00:38:44      68
4 2016-03-24 00:42:02      44