pandas.api.types.is_period_dtype

pandas.api.types.is_period_dtype(arr_or_dtype) [source]

Check whether an array-like or dtype is of the Period dtype.

Parameters:

arr_or_dtype : array-like

The array-like or dtype to check.

Returns:

boolean : Whether or not the array-like or dtype is of the Period dtype.

Examples

>>> is_period_dtype(object)
False
>>> is_period_dtype(PeriodDtype(freq="D"))
True
>>> is_period_dtype([1, 2, 3])
False
>>> is_period_dtype(pd.Period("2017-01-01"))
False
>>> is_period_dtype(pd.PeriodIndex([], freq="A"))
True

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