pd_datetime.py

import pandas as pd
import calendar

# Ref: https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html


df['release_year'] = pd.to_datetime(df['release_date'], format='%m/%d/%y')

df['release_month'] = df['release_year'].dt.month

df['month_name'] = df['release_month'].apply(lambda x: calendar.month_abbr[x])


# 2018-02-28 21:03:37
df[''] = pd.to_datetime(df[''], format='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
df.dtypes