Steps to sort the Data by Dates
Step 1: Convert the Date column into required date time format
You can use the parameter infer_datetime_format. Example with your sample data below:
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data['date'] = pd.to_datetime(data.date, infer_datetime_format = True) display(data.head()) |
Output:
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Step 2: Use the sort_values method and giving parameter as date we sort the values by date. To get the sorted while use head function to get first 5 rows of dataInput:
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data.sort_values(by = 'date', ascending = True, inplace = True) display(data.head()) |
Output:
Sorting a CSV object by dates in Python
CSV stands for comma-separated values. A CSV file can be opened in Google Sheets or Excel and will be formatted as a spreadsheet. However, a CSV file is actually a plain-text file. It can also be opened with a text editor program such as Atom. In this article, we are going to see how to sort a CSV object by dates in Python
CSVs give us a good, simple way to organize data without using a database program. It’s easy to read from and write to CSV files with Python.