DatetimeIndex.floor : Floor the DatetimeIndex to the specified freq. Timestamp.strftime : Format a single Timestamp. Period.strftime : Format a single Period. Examples -------- >>> rng = pd.date_range(pd.Timestamp("2018-03-10 09:00"), ... periods=3, freq='s') >>> rng.strftime('%%B %%d, %%Y, %%r') Index(['March 10, 2018, 09:00:00 AM', 'March 10, 2018, 09:00:01 AM', 'March 10, 2018, 09:00:02 AM'], dtype='object') )