polars.datatypes.Date

class polars.datatypes.Date

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.