---------- start : str or datetime-like, optional Left bound for generating dates. end : str or datetime-like, optional Right bound for generating dates. periods : int, optional Number of periods to generate. freq : str, datetime.timedelta, or DateOffset, default 'D' Frequency strings can have multiples, e.g. '5H'. See :ref:`here ` for a list of frequency aliases. tz : str or tzinfo, optional Time zone name for returning localized DatetimeIndex, for example 'Asia/Hong_Kong'. By default, the resulting DatetimeIndex is timezone-naive unless timezone-aware datetime-likes are passed. normalize : bool, default False Normalize start/end dates to midnight before generating date range. name : str, default None Name of the resulting DatetimeIndex. inclusive : {"both", "neither", "left", "right"}, default "both" Include boundaries; Whether to set each bound as closed or open. .. versionadded:: 1.4.0 unit : str, default None Specify the desired resolution of the result. .. versionadded:: 2.0.0 **kwargs For compatibility. Has no effect on the result. Returns ------- DatetimeIndex See Also -------- DatetimeIndex : An immutable container for datetimes. timedelta_range : Return a fixed frequency TimedeltaIndex. period_range : Return a fixed frequency PeriodIndex. interval_range : Return a fixed frequency IntervalIndex. Notes ----- Of the four parameters ``start``, ``end``, ``periods``, and ``freq``, exactly three must be specified. If ``freq`` is omitted, the resulting ``DatetimeIndex`` will have ``periods`` linearly spaced elements between ``start`` and ``end`` (closed on both sides). To learn more about the frequency strings, please see `this link `__. Examples -------- **Specifying the values** The next four examples generate the same `DatetimeIndex`, but vary the combination of `start`, `end` and `periods`. Specify `start` and `end`, with the default daily frequency. >>> pd.date_range(start='1/1/2018', end='1/08/2018') DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-02', '2018-01-03', '2018-01-04', '2018-01-05', '2018-01-06', '2018-01-07', '2018-01-08'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Specify timezone-aware `start` and `end`, with the default daily frequency. >>> pd.date_range( ... start=pd.to_datetime("1/1/2018").tz_localize("Europe/Berlin"), ... end=pd.to_datetime("1/08/2018").tz_localize("Europe/Berlin"), ... ) DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01 00:00:00+01:00', '2018-01-02 00:00:00+01:00', '2018-01-03 00:00:00+01:00', '2018-01-04 00:00:00+01:00', '2018-01-05 00:00:00+01:00', '2018-01-06 00:00:00+01:00', '2018-01-07 00:00:00+01:00', '2018-01-08 00:00:00+01:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, Europe/Berlin]', freq='D') Specify `start` and `periods`, the number of periods (days). >>> pd.date_range(start='1/1/2018', periods=8) DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-02', '2018-01-03', '2018-01-04', '2018-01-05', '2018-01-06', '2018-01-07', '2018-01-08'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Specify `end` and `periods`, the number of periods (days). >>> pd.date_range(end='1/1/2018', periods=8) DatetimeIndex(['2017-12-25', '2017-12-26', '2017-12-27', '2017-12-28', '2017-12-29', '2017-12-30', '2017-12-31', '2018-01-01'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Specify `start`, `end`, and `periods`; the frequency is generated automatically (linearly spaced). >>> pd.date_range(start='2018-04-24', end='2018-04-27', periods=3) DatetimeIndex(['2018-04-24 00:00:00', '2018-04-25 12:00:00', '2018-04-27 00:00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None) **Other Parameters** Changed the `freq` (frequency) to ``'M'`` (month end frequency). >>> pd.date_range(start='1/1/2018', periods=5, freq='M') DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-31', '2018-02-28', '2018-03-31', '2018-04-30', '2018-05-31'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='M') Multiples are allowed >>> pd.date_range(start='1/1/2018', periods=5, freq='3M') DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-31', '2018-04-30', '2018-07-31', '2018-10-31', '2019-01-31'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='3M') `freq` can also be specified as an Offset object. >>> pd.date_range(start='1/1/2018', periods=5, freq=pd.offsets.MonthEnd(3)) DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-31', '2018-04-30', '2018-07-31', '2018-10-31', '2019-01-31'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='3M') Specify `tz` to set the timezone. >>> pd.date_range(start='1/1/2018', periods=5, tz='Asia/Tokyo') DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01 00:00:00+09:00', '2018-01-02 00:00:00+09:00', '2018-01-03 00:00:00+09:00', '2018-01-04 00:00:00+09:00', '2018-01-05 00:00:00+09:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, Asia/Tokyo]', freq='D') `inclusive` controls whether to include `start` and `end` that are on the boundary. The default, "both", includes boundary points on either end. >>> pd.date_range(start='2017-01-01', end='2017-01-04', inclusive="both") DatetimeIndex(['2017-01-01', '2017-01-02', '2017-01-03', '2017-01-04'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Use ``inclusive='left'`` to exclude `end` if it falls on the boundary. >>> pd.date_range(start='2017-01-01', end='2017-01-04', inclusive='left') DatetimeIndex(['2017-01-01', '2017-01-02', '2017-01-03'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Use ``inclusive='right'`` to exclude `start` if it falls on the boundary, and similarly ``inclusive='neither'`` will exclude both `start` and `end`. >>> pd.date_range(start='2017-01-01', end='2017-01-04', inclusive='right') DatetimeIndex(['2017-01-02', '2017-01-03', '2017-01-04'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') **Specify a unit** >>> pd.date_range(start="2017-01-01", periods=10, freq="100AS", unit="s") DatetimeIndex(['2017-01-01', '2117-01-01', '2217-01-01', '2317-01-01', '2417-01-01', '2517-01-01', '2617-01-01', '2717-01-01', '2817-01-01', '2917-01-01'], dtype='datetime64[s]', freq='100AS-JAN') NÚ