pandas.api.types.is_datetime64_dtype

pandas.api.types. is_datetime64_dtype ( arr_or_dtype ) [source]

Check whether an array-like or dtype is of the datetime64 dtype.

Parameters

arr_or_dtype :array-like or dtype

The array-like or dtype to check.

Returns

boolean

Whether or not the array-like or dtype is of the datetime64 dtype.

Examples

>>> is_datetime64_dtype(object)
False
>>> is_datetime64_dtype(np.datetime64)
True
>>> is_datetime64_dtype(np.array([], dtype=int))
False
>>> is_datetime64_dtype(np.array([], dtype=np.datetime64))
True
>>> is_datetime64_dtype([1, 2, 3])
False