pandas.tseries.frequencies.to_offset

pandas.tseries.frequencies.to_offset(freq) [source]

Return DateOffset object from string or tuple representation or datetime.timedelta object

Parameters:	freq : str, tuple, datetime.timedelta, DateOffset or None
Returns:	delta : DateOffset None if freq is None
Raises:	ValueError If freq is an invalid frequency

See also

pandas.DateOffset

Examples

>>> to_offset('5min')
<5 * Minutes>

>>> to_offset('1D1H')
<25 * Hours>

>>> to_offset(('W', 2))
<2 * Weeks: weekday=6>

>>> to_offset((2, 'B'))
<2 * BusinessDays>

>>> to_offset(datetime.timedelta(days=1))
<Day>

>>> to_offset(Hour())
<Hour>