Filtering Pandas DataFrames on dates

Question

I have a Pandas DataFrame with a \'date\' column. Now I need to filter out all rows in the DataFrame that have dates outside of the next two months. Essentially, I only need

Answer 1

You can use pd.Timestamp to perform a query and a local reference

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

df = pd.DataFrame()
ts = pd.Timestamp

df['date'] = np.array(np.arange(10) + datetime.now().timestamp(), dtype='M8[s]')

print(df)
print(df.query('date > @ts("20190515T071320")')

with the output

                 date
0 2019-05-15 07:13:16
1 2019-05-15 07:13:17
2 2019-05-15 07:13:18
3 2019-05-15 07:13:19
4 2019-05-15 07:13:20
5 2019-05-15 07:13:21
6 2019-05-15 07:13:22
7 2019-05-15 07:13:23
8 2019-05-15 07:13:24
9 2019-05-15 07:13:25


                 date
5 2019-05-15 07:13:21
6 2019-05-15 07:13:22
7 2019-05-15 07:13:23
8 2019-05-15 07:13:24
9 2019-05-15 07:13:25

Have a look at the pandas documentation for DataFrame.query, specifically the mention about the local variabile referenced udsing @ prefix. In this case we reference pd.Timestamp using the local alias ts to be able to supply a timestamp string