Pandas resample with start date

Question

I'd like to resample a pandas object using a specific date (or month) as the edge of the first bin. For instance, in the following snippet I'd like my first index value to be 2020-02-29 and I'd be happy specifying start=2 or start="2020-02-29".

>>> dates = pd.date_range("2020-01-29", "2021-07-04")
>>> s = pd.Series(range(len(dates)), index=dates)
>>> s.resample('4M').count()
2020-01-31      3
2020-05-31    121
2020-09-30    122
2021-01-31    123
2021-05-31    120
2021-09-30     34
Freq: 4M, dtype: int64

So far this is the cleanest I can come up with uses pd.cut and groupby:

>>> rule = "4M"
>>> start = pd.Timestamp("2020-02-29") - pd.tseries.frequencies.to_offset(rule)
>>> end = s.index.max() + pd.tseries.frequencies.to_offset(rule)
>>> bins = pd.date_range(start, end, freq=rule)
>>> gb = s.groupby(pd.cut(s.index, bins)).count()
>>> gb.index = gb.index.categories.right
>>> gb
2020-02-29     32
2020-06-30    122
2020-10-31    123
2021-02-28    120
2021-06-30    122
2021-10-31      4
dtype: int64

Answer 1

My answer feels a little hacky, but uses resample and gives the desired output. Find the date one bin length (e.g. 4 months, or month ends specifically) before the specified date, append it to s, and then resample:

rule = '4M'
date = '02-29-2020'

base_date = pd.to_datetime(date) - pd.tseries.frequencies.to_offset(rule)
s.loc[base_date] = np.nan
output = s.resample(rule=rule).count()
output=output[output.index >= date]

Result:

2020-02-29     32
2020-06-30    122
2020-10-31    123
2021-02-28    120
2021-06-30    122
2021-10-31      4
Freq: 4M, dtype: int64

I added output=output[output.index >= date] b/c otherwise you get an additional empty bin:

2019-10-31      0
2020-02-29     32
2020-06-30    122
2020-10-31    123
2021-02-28    120
2021-06-30    122
2021-10-31      4
Freq: 4M, dtype: int64

Answer 2

All you need to use is pd.cut like below:

>>> gb = pd.cut(s.index, bins).value_counts()
>>> gb.index = gb.index.categories.right
>>> gb
2020-02-29     32
2020-06-30    122
2020-10-31    123
2021-02-28    120
2021-06-30    122
2021-10-31      4
dtype: int64

there is no need to use groupby