DEPR: DatetimeIndex.offset (original) (raw)
DatetimeIndex.offset and DatimeIndex.freq refer to the same thing, and are used interchangeably throughout the code for DatetimeIndex:
pandas/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
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| @property |
|---|
| def freq(self): |
| """get/set the frequency of the Index""" |
| return self.offset |
Is there a reason for having both?
TimedeltaIndex and PeriodIndex only have freq, so it seems like we could keep freq for consistency, deprecate DatetimeIndex.offset, and modify the DatetimeIndex code to only use freq.