Pandas: Create a time-series from a given list of dates as strings
Write a Pandas program to create a time-series from a given list of dates as strings.
Sample Solution:
Python Code :
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import datetime
from datetime import datetime, date
dates = ['2014-08-01','2014-08-02','2014-08-03','2014-08-04']
time_series = pd.Series(np.random.randn(4), dates)
print(time_series)
Sample Output:
2014-08-01 2.025858 2014-08-02 0.307073 2014-08-03 -0.903682 2014-08-04 0.056662 dtype: float64
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