Convert df column to datetime format

[LarsCordes]

Hi all,

I'm trying to convert a dataframe column to a datetime format using

pd.to_datetime(dataframe.column,infer_datetime_format=True)

The column contains some 2,000 dates formatted YYYY-mm-dd. However, when I pass the relevant column, I receive the following error:

ValueError: to assemble mappings requires at least that [year, month, day] be specified: [day,month,year] is missing

Is there something different I need to do in order to ensure the df column is formatted correctly before passing to the to_datetime function?

Thanks for any help, this is really frustrating me!