Pandas find duration between dates where a condition is met?

Question

I have a pandas DataFrame that looks like this:

╔═══╦════════════╦═════════════╗
║   ║ VENDOR ID  ║ DATE        ║
╠═══╬════════════╬═════════════╣
║ 1 ║ 33               


        

Answer 1

I get a bit different output:

df['DATE'] = pd.to_datetime(df['DATE'])
df['GAP'] = df.groupby('VENDOR ID')['DATE'].diff().dt.days
print (df)
   VENDOR ID       DATE   GAP
1         33 2018-01-12   NaN
2         33 2018-03-12  59.0
3         12 2018-01-08   NaN
4         12 2018-01-15   7.0
5         12 2018-01-23   8.0
6         33 2018-05-12  61.0
7         89 2018-01-12   NaN

Explanation:

1. Convert column to_datetime
2. Then groupby with diff
3. Last convert timedeltass to days