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Python | numpy.datetime64() method

With the help of numpy.datetime64() method, we can get the date in a numpy array in a particular format i.e year-month-day by using numpy.datetime64() method.

Syntax : numpy.datetime64(date)
Return : Return the date in a format ‘yyyy-mm-dd’.

Example #1 :
In this example we can see that by using numpy.datetime64() method, we are able to get the date in the particular format i.e yyyy-mm-dd.




# import numpy
import numpy as np
  
# using numpy.datetime64() method
gfg = np.array(np.datetime64('2019-08-26'))
  
print(gfg)


Output :

array(‘2019-08-26′, dtype=’datetime64[D]’)

Example #2 :




# import numpy
import numpy as np
  
# using numpy.datetime64() method
gfg = np.array(np.datetime64('2019-08', 'D'))
  
print(gfg)


Output :

array(‘2019-08-01′, dtype=’datetime64[D]’)

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