add_date_parts.py

def add_datepart(df, fldname, drop=True, time=False):
    "Helper function that adds columns relevant to a date."
    fld = df[fldname]
    fld_dtype = fld.dtype
    if isinstance(fld_dtype, pd.core.dtypes.dtypes.DatetimeTZDtype):
        fld_dtype = np.datetime64

    if not np.issubdtype(fld_dtype, np.datetime64):
        df[fldname] = fld = pd.to_datetime(fld, infer_datetime_format=True)
    targ_pre = re.sub('[Dd]ate$', '', fldname)
    attr = ['Year', 'Month', 'Week', 'Day', 'Dayofweek', 'Dayofyear',
            'Is_month_end', 'Is_month_start', 'Is_quarter_end', 'Is_quarter_start', 'Is_year_end', 'Is_year_start']
    if time: attr = attr + ['Hour', 'Minute', 'Second']
    for n in attr: df[targ_pre + n] = getattr(fld.dt, n.lower())
    df[targ_pre + 'Elapsed'] = fld.astype(np.int64) // 10 ** 9
    if drop: df.drop(fldname, axis=1, inplace=True)