polars.Expr.dt.offset_by#

Expr.dt.offset_by(by: str | Expr) → Expr[source]#

Offset this date by a relative time offset.

This differs from pl.col("foo") + timedelta in that it can take months and leap years into account. Note that only a single minus sign is allowed in the by string, as the first character.

Parameters:
by

The offset is dictated by the following string language:

  • 1ns (1 nanosecond)

  • 1us (1 microsecond)

  • 1ms (1 millisecond)

  • 1s (1 second)

  • 1m (1 minute)

  • 1h (1 hour)

  • 1d (1 calendar day)

  • 1w (1 calendar week)

  • 1mo (1 calendar month)

  • 1q (1 calendar quarter)

  • 1y (1 calendar year)

By “calendar day”, we mean the corresponding time on the next day (which may not be 24 hours, due to daylight savings). Similarly for “calendar week”, “calendar month”, “calendar quarter”, and “calendar year”.

Returns:
Expr

Expression of data type Date or Datetime.

Examples

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> df = pl.DataFrame(
...     {
...         "dates": pl.datetime_range(
...             datetime(2000, 1, 1), datetime(2005, 1, 1), "1y", eager=True
...         ),
...         "offset": ["1d", "2d", "-1d", "1mo", None, "1y"],
...     }
... )
>>> df.select(
...     [
...         pl.col("dates").dt.offset_by("1y").alias("date_plus_1y"),
...         pl.col("dates").dt.offset_by("-1y2mo").alias("date_min"),
...     ]
... )
shape: (6, 2)
┌─────────────────────┬─────────────────────┐
│ date_plus_1y        ┆ date_min            │
│ ---                 ┆ ---                 │
│ datetime[μs]        ┆ datetime[μs]        │
╞═════════════════════╪═════════════════════╡
│ 2001-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 1998-11-01 00:00:00 │
│ 2002-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 1999-11-01 00:00:00 │
│ 2003-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 2000-11-01 00:00:00 │
│ 2004-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 2001-11-01 00:00:00 │
│ 2005-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 2002-11-01 00:00:00 │
│ 2006-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 2003-11-01 00:00:00 │
└─────────────────────┴─────────────────────┘

You can also pass the relative offset as an expression:

>>> df.with_columns(new_dates=pl.col("dates").dt.offset_by(pl.col("offset")))
shape: (6, 3)
┌─────────────────────┬────────┬─────────────────────┐
│ dates               ┆ offset ┆ new_dates           │
│ ---                 ┆ ---    ┆ ---                 │
│ datetime[μs]        ┆ str    ┆ datetime[μs]        │
╞═════════════════════╪════════╪═════════════════════╡
│ 2000-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 1d     ┆ 2000-01-02 00:00:00 │
│ 2001-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 2d     ┆ 2001-01-03 00:00:00 │
│ 2002-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ -1d    ┆ 2001-12-31 00:00:00 │
│ 2003-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 1mo    ┆ 2003-02-01 00:00:00 │
│ 2004-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ null   ┆ null                │
│ 2005-01-01 00:00:00 ┆ 1y     ┆ 2006-01-01 00:00:00 │
└─────────────────────┴────────┴─────────────────────┘