From 07a9e22bcc5323350ac8bf1e89bc9a230d89de0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mvirts Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:39:29 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update doc for parse_dates arg to read_csv Added note that values are joined with a space before parsing for the combined column cases. --- pandas/io/parsers/readers.py | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py b/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py index df5b08029a08b..83d75508920a4 100644 --- a/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py +++ b/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py @@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ * ``list`` of ``int`` or names. e.g. If ``[1, 2, 3]`` -> try parsing columns 1, 2, 3 each as a separate date column. * ``list`` of ``list``. e.g. If ``[[1, 3]]`` -> combine columns 1 and 3 and parse - as a single date column. + as a single date column. Values are joined with a space before parsing. * ``dict``, e.g. ``{{'foo' : [1, 3]}}`` -> parse columns 1, 3 as date and call - result 'foo' + result 'foo'. Values are joined with a space before parsing. If a column or index cannot be represented as an array of ``datetime``, say because of an unparsable value or a mixture of timezones, the column