pandas.DatetimeIndex.to_frame

DatetimeIndex.to_frame(index=True) [source]

Create a DataFrame with a column containing the Index.

New in version 0.21.0.

Parameters:	index : boolean, default True Set the index of the returned DataFrame as the original Index.
Returns:	DataFrame DataFrame containing the original Index data.

See also

Index.to_series

Convert an Index to a Series.

Series.to_frame

Convert Series to DataFrame.

Examples

>>> idx = pd.Index(['Ant', 'Bear', 'Cow'], name='animal')
>>> idx.to_frame()
       animal
animal
Ant       Ant
Bear     Bear
Cow       Cow

By default, the original Index is reused. To enforce a new Index:

>>> idx.to_frame(index=False)
    animal
0   Ant
1  Bear
2   Cow