to_datetime question

[smw10c]

I hope you are all having a good day. I have another question. Why does the first code work but the second code doesn't (note, the second code runs, it just doesn't turn my observations into datetime types):

Code 1:

df['timeStamp']=pd.to_datetime(df['timeStamp'])

Code 2:

pd.to_datetime(df[‘timeStamp’])

[zivoni]

pd.to_datetime() returns converted data, it doesnt convert its argument in place. So you need to "capture" it with assigning into a variable (or you can use it as an argument for another function).

[smw10c]

pd.to_datetime() returns converted data, it doesnt convert its argument in place. So you need to "capture" it with assigning into a variable (or you can use it as an argument for another function).

Thanks!!! This helped me understand the concept.