Python | Pandas Timestamp.to_julian_date

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.to_julian_date() function convert the given TimeStamp to a Julian Date. The value for 0 Julian date is noon January 1, 4713 BC.

Syntax :Timestamp.to_julian_date()

Parameters : None

Return : julian date

Example #1: Use Timestamp.to_julian_date() function to convert the given Timestamp to julian date.

# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd

# Create the Timestamp object
ts = pd.Timestamp(year = 2011,  month = 11, day = 21,
                  hour = 10, second = 49, tz = 'US/Central')

# Print the Timestamp object
print(ts)

Output :

Now we will use the Timestamp.to_julian_date() function to convert the given Timestamp to julian date.

# convert to julian date
ts.to_julian_date()

Output :

As we can see in the output, the Timestamp.to_julian_date() function has converted the given Timestamp into the julian date.

Example #2: Use Timestamp.to_julian_date() function to convert the given Timestamp to julian date.

# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd

# Create the Timestamp object
ts = pd.Timestamp(year = 2009, month = 5, day = 31,
                  hour = 4, second = 49, tz = 'Europe/Berlin')

# Print the Timestamp object
print(ts)

Output :

Now we will use the Timestamp.to_julian_date() function to convert the given Timestamp to julian date.

# convert to julian date
ts.to_julian_date()

Output :

As we can see in the output, the Timestamp.to_julian_date() function has converted the given Timestamp into the julian date.