How to sort date in excel using Pandas?
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05 Sep, 2020
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In these articles, We will discuss how to import an excel file in a single Dataframe and sort the Date in a given column on. Suppose our Excel file looks like these:
To get the excel file used click here.
Approach :
- Import Pandas module
- Make DataFrame from Excel file
- sort the date column with DataFrame.sort_value() function
- Display the Final DataFrame
Step 1: Importing pandas module and making DataFrame form excel.
# import module
import pandas as pd
# making data frame from excel file
df = pd.read_excel('excel_work\sample_date.xlsx')
print("Original DataFrame")
df
Output :
Step 2: Sorting date with DataFrame.sort_value() function.
# sorting date with sort_value() function
Final_result = df.sort_values('Joining Date')
print(" Sorted Date DataFrame")
Final_result
Output :
