ENH: Implement '_period_dtype_code' attribute to 'pandas._libs.tslibs.offsets.MonthBegin'

[yohplala]

Code...

index_offsets = pd.tseries.frequencies.to_offset('1MS')
time_marker = pd.Timestamp('2020/01/02 1:59')
period = pd.Period(time_marker, freq = index_offsets.freqstr)

... raises following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx", line 2436, in pandas._libs.tslibs.period.freq_to_dtype_code

AttributeError: 'pandas._libs.tslibs.offsets.MonthBegin' object has no attribute '_period_dtype_code'


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-63-c78e6c74b47c>", line 1, in <module>
    period = pd.Period(time_marker, freq = index_offsets.freqstr)

  File "pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx", line 2422, in pandas._libs.tslibs.period.Period.__new__

  File "pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx", line 2438, in pandas._libs.tslibs.period.freq_to_dtype_code

ValueError: Invalid frequency: {0}

Please, could an appropriate '_period_dtype_code' attribute be provided to 'pandas._libs.tslibs.offsets.MonthBegin' object to solve this error?
Thanks for your amazing lib!

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Not building from sources (using anaconda)

[jreback]

you need to show versions and if you are building from source

[yohplala]

you need to show versions and if you are building from source

Hi Jeff, sorry, information added.

[jbrockmendel]

There is no Period corresponding to MonthBegin. Monthly Periods use offsets.MonthEnd

[yohplala]

There is no Period corresponding to MonthBegin. Monthly Periods use offsets.MonthEnd

Hi, I have tried to check in the source, and I am not finding any MonthBegin in pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyxas stated by the error message, so my answer is maybe not appropriate.

Your answer seems to relate to the 2nd part of the error message:
File "pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx", line 2438, in pandas._libs.tslibs.period.freq_to_dtype_code

But what happens if the direct root cause is solved?
AttributeError: 'pandas._libs.tslibs.offsets.MonthBegin' object has no attribute '_period_dtype_code'

Why not adding a Month '_period_dtype_code` to 'pandas._libs.tslibs.offsets.MonthBegin' object?
What does prevent it?

[jbrockmendel]

There is not a one-to-one mapping between DateOffset subclasses and Periods. There are many DateOffsets for which there is no corresponding Period. MonthBegin is one of them.

[yohplala]

There is not a one-to-one mapping between DateOffset subclasses and Periods. There are many DateOffsets for which there is no corresponding Period. MonthBegin is one of them.

Yes I understand that, and I can understand that a Period can only point toward single DateOffset.
But my question is
'What is the a trouble if several DateOffsets point toward the same Period?'