Python | Pandas Timestamp.is_month_start
Python is a great language for doing data analysis, primarily because of the fantastic ecosystem of data-centric python packages. Pandas is one of those packages and makes importing and analyzing data much easier.
Pandas Timestamp.is_month_start attribute return a boolean value. It return True if the date in the given Timestamp object is the first day of the month else it return False.
Syntax : Timestamp.is_month_start
Parameters : None
Return : boolean
Example #1: Use Timestamp.is_month_start attribute to check if the date in the given Timestamp object is the first day of the month.
# importing pandas as pdimport pandas as pd # Create the Timestamp objectts = pd.Timestamp(2016, 2, 1, 12) # Print the Timestamp objectprint(ts) |
Output :
Now we will use the Timestamp.is_month_start attribute to check if the date in the ts object is the start of the month or not.
# check if the date is the start of the monthts.is_month_start |
Output :
As we can see in the output, the Timestamp.is_month_start attribute has returned True indicating the date in the given Timestamp object is the start of the month.
Example #2: Use Timestamp.is_month_start attribute to check if the date in the given Timestamp object is the first day of the month.
# importing pandas as pdimport pandas as pd # Create the Timestamp objectts = pd.Timestamp(year = 2009, month = 5, day = 31, hour = 4, tz = 'Europe/Berlin') # Print the Timestamp objectprint(ts) |
Output :
Now we will use the Timestamp.is_month_start attribute to check if the date in the ts object is the start of the month or not.
# check if the date is the start of the monthts.is_month_start |
Output :
As we can see in the output, the Timestamp.is_month_start attribute has returned False indicating the date in the given Timestamp object is not the start of the month.
