Period overflows with dates > pd.Timestamp.max 2262-04-11

[paul-lilley]

Code Sample, a copy-pastable example if possible

import pandas as pd
g = pd.Period(year=2262, month=4, day=11, freq='D')
print(g.start_time)
g2 = pd.Period(year=2262, month=4, day=12, freq='D')
print(g2.start_time)

Output: (with pandas 0.25.0)
2262-04-11 00:00:00
1677-09-21 00:25:26.290448384

with pandas 0.25.0+216.g1aca08aa6
I get an OutOfBoundsDatetime error

print(g2.start_time)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx", line 1768, in pandas._libs.tslibs.period._Period.start_time.get
File "pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx", line 1811, in pandas._libs.tslibs.period._Period.to_timestamp
File "pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx", line 1190, in pandas._libs.tslibs.period.period_ordinal_to_dt64
File "pandas/_libs/tslibs/np_datetime.pyx", line 118, in pandas._libs.tslibs.np_datetime.check_dts_bounds
pandas._libs.tslibs.np_datetime.OutOfBoundsDatetime: Out of bounds nanosecond timestamp: 2262-04-12 00:00:00

Problem description

Overflow means that the Period is incorrect, and also hinders use of Period for date/times outside the limits of pd.Timestamp

Expected Output

Output:
2262-04-11 00:00:00
2262-04-12 00:00:00

Output of pd.show_versions()

INSTALLED VERSIONS ------------------ commit : None python : 3.6.6.final.0 python-bits : 64 OS : Windows OS-release : 7 machine : AMD64 processor : Intel64 Family 6 Model 78 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel byteorder : little LC_ALL : None LANG : None LOCALE : None.None

pandas : 0.25.0
numpy : 1.16.3
pytz : 2018.9
dateutil : 2.7.5
pip : 19.1.1
setuptools : 40.8.0
Cython : None
pytest : 4.2.0
hypothesis : None
sphinx : 2.1.2
blosc : None
feather : None
xlsxwriter : 1.1.2
lxml.etree : 4.3.3
html5lib : None
pymysql : None
psycopg2 : None
jinja2 : 2.10
IPython : None
pandas_datareader: None
bs4 : 4.7.1
bottleneck : None
fastparquet : None
gcsfs : None
lxml.etree : 4.3.3
matplotlib : None
numexpr : None
odfpy : None
openpyxl : None
pandas_gbq : None
pyarrow : None
pytables : None
s3fs : None
scipy : None
sqlalchemy : 1.3.1
tables : None
xarray : None
xlrd : 1.2.0
xlwt : None
xlsxwriter : 1.1.2

[jbrockmendel]

pd.Timestamp is only implemented within the bounds Timestamp('1677-09-21 00:12:43.145225') to Timestamp('2262-04-11 23:47:16.854775807'). Outside of that range we could have start_time and end_time return datetime objects I guess

[paul-lilley]

This looks related to https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/pull/27916/ but outside my comfort zone to try altering to return python datetime objects for start_time and end_time when the Period is outside the range of pd.Timestamp

[TomAugspurger]

I don't think the return type should depend on the value. Is there any advantage to returning a Timestamp, rather than always return a datetime? If not, we could deprecate Period.start_time and Period.end_time in favor of a property that always returns a datetime.

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On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 3:04 PM Paul Lilley ***@***.***> wrote: This looks related to #27916/ <http://url> but outside my comfort zone to try altering to return python datetime objects for start_time and end_time when the Period is outside the range of pd.Timestamp — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#28104?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAKAOIQ6OBZ2GYMDDRAFEB3QGWCEFA5CNFSM4IOZMFA2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD5I6JWY#issuecomment-525460699>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAKAOIRN3CNYW5YMXGZR53TQGWCEFANCNFSM4IOZMFAQ> .

[paul-lilley]

I can't really comment on the advantages of returning a Timestamp, but as Period is the recommended means to handle datetimes outside pd.Timestamp (https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/timeseries.html#representing-out-of-bounds-spans) it makes more sense (at least to me) that Period methods don't raise exceptions with datetimes outside pd.Timestamp.
My limited use case is trying to resolve https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/20927, which currently I've done using datetime objects

[TomAugspurger]

but as Period is the recommended means to handle datetimes outside pd.Timestamp

That's mostly in the context of an array of values inside a Series / DataFrame. When we're returning scalar, there's no need to return a Period (which has different semantics to a datetime).

[paul-lilley]

Good point.
I agree that it makes sense to deprecate Period.start_time and Period.end_time
in favor of a property that always returns a datetime

[TomAugspurger]

Need a name. Perhaps `Period.start_datetime`?

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On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 3:32 PM Paul Lilley ***@***.***> wrote: Good point. I agree that it makes sense to deprecate Period.start_time and Period.end_time in favor of a property that always returns a datetime — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#28104?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAKAOIR3SJQXOX2XL7JW4PDQGWFNHA5CNFSM4IOZMFA2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD5JAY6I#issuecomment-525470841>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAKAOITUL2A7FTGXDAWLQKLQGWFNHANCNFSM4IOZMFAQ> .

[paul-lilley]

Sounds good, Period.start_datetime and Period.end_datetime

[jbrockmendel]

this will still run up against the datetime implementation bounds. do we care about those?

[paul-lilley]

Fair point, though at least the datetime.MINYEAR to datetime.MAXYEAR range covers the typical 'max-date' values (9999-12-31 in DB2 and Teradata, 31DEC9999 in SAS) that I've encountered in datawarehousing tables used to implement type 2 slowly changing dimensions with start_date/end_date. Often the currently valid row is marked by end_date = some (arbitrarily high) 'max-date' to avoid nulls in the column.

[TomAugspurger]

I personally don't care about representing date times that python can't.

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On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:21 PM Paul Lilley ***@***.***> wrote: Fair point, though at least the datetime.MINYEAR to datetime.MAXYEAR range covers the typical 'max-date' values (9999-12-31 in DB2 and Teradata, 31DEC9999 in SAS) that I've encountered in datawarehousing tables used to implement type 2 slowly changing dimensions with start_date/end_date. Often the currently valid row is marked by end_date = some (arbitrarily high) 'max-date' to avoid nulls in the column. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#28104?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAKAOITELKKKPYYPRVK4NX3QGX4M3A5CNFSM4IOZMFA2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD5J25XA#issuecomment-525577948>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAKAOIQDVHANQROUJPAUR6LQGX4M3ANCNFSM4IOZMFAQ> .

[MinKimIP]

Hi guys, just to add:
when reading SQL results from cx_oracle to pandas, rather than throwing an out of range error, the returned pandas dataframe converts datetimes from
9999-12-31 to a particular timestamp in the year 1822, and
2999-12-31 to a particular timestamp in the year 1830.
Basically restarting from 1677 for dates beyond 2262.
Shouldn't pandas ideally throw an out of bounds error or return NaT for these dates?