pandas - Python: Convert timedelta to int in a dataframe

Question

I would like to create a column in a pandas data frame that is an integer representation of the number of days in a timedelta column. Is it possible to use 'datetime.days' or do I need to do something more manual?

timedelta column

7 days, 23:29:00

day integer column

7

Answer 1

The Series class has a pandas.Series.dt accessor object with several useful datetime attributes, including dt.days. Access this attribute via:

timedelta_series.dt.days

You can also get the seconds and microseconds attributes in the same way.