polars.datatypes.Date#

class polars.datatypes.Date[source]#

Data type representing a calendar date.

Notes

The underlying representation of this type is a 32-bit signed integer. The integer indicates the number of days since the Unix epoch (1970-01-01). The number can be negative to indicate dates before the epoch.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)#

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

base_type()

Return this DataType's fundamental/root type class.

from_python(py_type)

Return the Polars data type corresponding to a given Python type.

is_(other)

Check if this DataType is the same as another DataType.

is_decimal()

Check whether the data type is a decimal type.

is_float()

Check whether the data type is a floating point type.

is_integer()

Check whether the data type is an integer type.

is_nested()

Check whether the data type is a nested type.

is_numeric()

Check whether the data type is a numeric type.

is_signed_integer()

Check whether the data type is a signed integer type.

is_temporal()

Check whether the data type is a temporal type.

is_unsigned_integer()

Check whether the data type is an unsigned integer type.

to_python()

Return the Python type corresponding to this Polars data type.