@@ -61,18 +61,41 @@ def strftime(self, date_format):
6161 return np .asarray (self .format (date_format = date_format ),
6262 dtype = compat .text_type )
6363 strftime .__doc__ = """
64+ Convert to string array using specified date_format.
65+
6466 Return an array of formatted strings specified by date_format, which
6567 supports the same string format as the python standard library. Details
6668 of the string format can be found in `python string format doc <{0}>`__
6769
6870 Parameters
6971 ----------
7072 date_format : str
71- date format string (e.g. "%Y-%m-%d")
73+ Date format string (e.g. "%Y-%m-%d").
7274
7375 Returns
7476 -------
75- ndarray of formatted strings
77+ numpy.ndarray
78+ NumPy array of formatted strings
79+
80+ See Also
81+ --------
82+ pandas.to_datetime : Convert the given argument to datetime
83+ DatetimeIndex.normalize : Return DatetimeIndex with times to midnight.
84+ DatetimeIndex.round : Round the DatetimeIndex to the specified freq.
85+ DatetimeIndex.floor : Floor the DatetimeIndex to the specified freq.
86+
87+ Examples
88+ --------
89+ >>> import datetime
90+ >>> data = pd.date_range(datetime.datetime(2018,3,10,19,27,52),
91+ ... periods=4, freq='B')
92+ >>> df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=['date'])
93+ >>> df.date[1]
94+ Timestamp('2018-03-13 19:27:52')
95+ >>> df.date[1].strftime('%d-%m-%Y')
96+ '13-03-2018'
97+ >>> df.date[1].strftime('%B %d, %Y, %r')
98+ 'March 13, 2018, 07:27:52 PM'
7699 """ .format ("https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html"
77100 "#strftime-and-strptime-behavior" )
78101
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