Introducing time-series data

pandas excels in manipulating time-series data. This is very likely because of its origins in processing financial information. These abilities have been continuously refined over all of its versions to progressively increase its capabilities for time-series manipulation.

Indexing using DatetimeIndex

The core of the time-series functionality in pandas revolves around the use of specialized indexes that represent measurements of data at one or more timestamps. These indexes in pandas are referred to as DatetimeIndex objects. These are incredibly powerful objects, and they allow us to automatically align data based on dates and times.

There are several ways to create DatetimeIndex objects in pandas...