pyarrow.duration

pyarrow.duration(unit)

Create instance of a duration type with unit resolution.

Parameters:
unitstr

One of ‘s’ [second], ‘ms’ [millisecond], ‘us’ [microsecond], or ‘ns’ [nanosecond].

Returns:
typepyarrow.DurationType

Examples

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> pa.duration('us')
DurationType(duration[us])
>>> pa.duration('s')
DurationType(duration[s])