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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions doc/source/reference/indexing.rst
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Expand Up @@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ Conversion
DatetimeIndex.to_pydatetime
DatetimeIndex.to_series
DatetimeIndex.to_frame
DatetimeIndex.to_julian_date

Methods
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21 changes: 19 additions & 2 deletions pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
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Expand Up @@ -2254,9 +2254,26 @@ def isocalendar(self) -> DataFrame:

def to_julian_date(self) -> npt.NDArray[np.float64]:
"""
Convert Datetime Array to float64 ndarray of Julian Dates.
0 Julian date is noon January 1, 4713 BC.
Convert TimeStamp to a Julian Date.

This method returns the number of days as a float since noon January 1, 4713 BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day

Returns
-------
ndarray or Index
Float values that represent each date in Julian Calendar.

See Also
--------
Timestamp.to_julian_date : Equivalent method on ``Timestamp`` objects.

Examples
--------
>>> idx = pd.DatetimeIndex(["2028-08-12 00:54", "2028-08-12 02:06"])
>>> idx.to_julian_date()
Index([2461995.5375, 2461995.5875], dtype='float64')
"""

# http://mysite.verizon.net/aesir_research/date/jdalg2.htm
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
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Expand Up @@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ class DatetimeIndex(DatetimeTimedeltaMixin):
to_pydatetime
to_series
to_frame
to_julian_date
month_name
day_name
mean
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