ENH: make guess_datetime_format public · Issue #54727 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

Feature Type

• Adding new functionality to pandas
• Changing existing functionality in pandas
• Removing existing functionality in pandas

Problem Description

Pandas can infer datetime formats when parsing datetimes, but does not provide access to the inferred format via a public API.

Feature Description

Currently, guess_datetime_format is in pandas.core.tools.datetimes which is not public. Exporting it from a non-private module would address the issue.

Alternative Solutions

As far as I can tell, no other Python library provides this requested feature.

Additional Context

As discussed in dateutil/dateutil#1138